And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
Parallel translations
- WEB Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
- KJV And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
- NKJV And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour?
- NASB Why are we also in danger every hour?
- NLT And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour?
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Quick answer
Paul asks why he risks danger every hour if the dead are not raised. It matters because resurrection hope is what makes such risk worthwhile.
Overview
Paul turns to his own life of constant peril for the gospel. Such risk would be pointless folly if there were no resurrection to come. His willingness to suffer testifies that the hope of resurrection is real and gives meaning to costly Christian service.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 2 Cor 11:23–27Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
- 2 Cor 6:9as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
- 2 Cor 4:7–12Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- Gal 5:11Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
- Rom 8:36–39As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- 1 Cor 15:31I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Christ crucified is the wisdom and power of God; he is our Passover sacrificed for us, the firstfruits of resurrection, the foundation on which everything is built.
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