1 Corinthians 15:31 “I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Ch…”

1 Corinthians 15:31

I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

World English Bible

I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

By your reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesus our Lord, I die dayly.

Darby Translation

Daily I die, by your boasting which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Young's Literal Translation

Every day do I die, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Bible in Basic English

Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

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Cross references

“protest”

Philippians 3:3 Jeremiah 11:7 1 Samuel 8:9 Genesis 43:3 Zechariah 3:6

Philippians 3:3 · BSB

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

Jeremiah 11:7 · BSB

For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’

1 Samuel 8:9 · BSB

Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”

Genesis 43:3 · BSB

But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

Zechariah 3:6 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:

“your”

1 Thessalonians 3:9 2 Corinthians 1:12 2 Corinthians 2:14 1 Thessalonians 2:19

1 Thessalonians 3:9 · BSB

How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?

2 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB

For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of…

2 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB

But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

1 Thessalonians 2:19 · BSB

After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?

“die”

Romans 8:36 1 Corinthians 4:9–13 Acts 20:23 2 Corinthians 11:23 2 Corinthians 4:10 2 Corinthians 4:11

Romans 8:36 · BSB

As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

1 Corinthians 4:9–13 · BSB

For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

Acts 20:23 · BSB

I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

2 Corinthians 11:23 · BSB

Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

2 Corinthians 4:10 · BSB

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

2 Corinthians 4:11 · BSB

For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?

32If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

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