1 Corinthians 15:31 - Exposition

I protest . The particle of adjuration here used ( νὴ ) is found nowhere else in the New Testament. By your rejoicing. This is an erroneous translation. The words mean "by my glorying in you." St. Paul's one subject of earthly glory, his "hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing," was the conversion of Churches ( Romans 15:16 , Romans 15:17 ). In Christ Jesus our Lord. His boasting was not a worldly boasting, but was sanctifled by its reference to the work of Christ. I die daily. St. Paul "died daily" a double death—the ever deepening death unto sin and unto the world; and the daily death of sufferings borne for Christ's sake (see 2 Corinthians 4:10 , 2 Corinthians 4:11 ). It is the latter to which he here alludes. "For thy sake are we killed all the day long" ( Romans 8:36 ).