1 Corinthians 15:30

What does 1 Corinthians 15:30 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Corinthians 15:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What 1 Corinthians 15:30 means

Paul asks why he and his co-laborers face danger constantly if there is no resurrection. Risking one’s life for a message that ends at the grave is senseless. The apostles’ daily jeopardy testifies to their conviction that Christ is risen and that future glory outweighs present peril. Their endurance is not bravado but faith working through hope. The question unmasks the practical atheism of denying resurrection: it leaves no reason for courageous ministry. By contrast, belief in the risen Christ supplies the motive and strength to suffer, because death is no longer sovereign and labor in the Lord is not wasted.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And why are we in danger every hour?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

why also do we stand in peril every hour?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Why also are we in danger every hour?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Why do we also endanger ourselves every hour?

Context

Continuing his pragmatic appeals, Paul follows the reference to baptism for the dead (v. 29) with personal testimony of constant peril (v. 30). He will intensify this with “I die daily” (v. 31) and the “beasts at Ephesus” example (v. 32), concluding that without resurrection, hedonism would be logical. This section exposes how doctrine shapes life, pushing the Corinthians to abandon denial and embrace the implications of the gospel.

v.29Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

v.30This passage

v.31I protest by that glorying in you, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:31

    I protest by that glorying in you, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

  • Romans 8:36

    Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:9

    as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

  • 2 Corinthians 4:7

    But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

  • Galatians 5:11

    But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:23

    Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

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