KJV King James Version
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Corinthians 15:31
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
WEB World English Bible
I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
ASV American Standard Version
I protest by that glorying in you, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Every day do I die, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 15
28 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.
29 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?
30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 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.
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak [this] to your shame.
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καθ᾽G2596 · kataaccording toἡμέρανG2250 · hēmeradayἀποθνῄσκω,G599 · apothnēskōto dieνὴG3513 · nēas surely asτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoὑμετέρανG4771 · suyouκαύχησιν,G2746 · kauchēsisprideἣνG3739 · hos, hēwhichἔχωG2192 · echōto have/beἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongΧριστῷG5547 · ChristosChristἸησοῦG2424 · IēsousJesusτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoκυρίῳG2962 · kurioslord: Godἡμῶν.G3165 · meme
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 4:10-11Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.Romans 8:36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.1 Corinthians 4:9-13For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.Philippians 3:3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;Acts 20:23Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.2 Corinthians 11:23Are 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.Jeremiah 11:7For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day [that] I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.1 Samuel 8:9Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.1 Thessalonians 2:19For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? [Are] not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?2 Corinthians 2:14Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.Genesis 43:3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother [be] with you.Zechariah 3:6And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
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