"And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?" — 1 Corinthians 15:30

1 Corinthians 15:30 · KJV

“And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?”

— 1 Corinthians 15:30

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

Verse 31

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. {your: some read, our}

1 Corinthians 15 — Context

And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. {your: some read, our}

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. {after...: or, to speak after the manner of men}

Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:9

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

2 Corinthians 11:23-27

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I {am} more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

2 Corinthians 4:7-12

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Romans 8:36-39

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

Galatians 5:11

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

1 Corinthians 15:31

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. {your: some read, our}