John Calvin Commentary 1 Corinthians 15:30

"Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?" — 1 Corinthians 15:30 (ASV)

Why are we also? “If our resurrection and ultimate blessedness are in this world, why do we willingly abandon it and voluntarily face death?”

The argument might also be developed in this way: “For no reason would we stand in peril every hour, if we did not look for a better life after passing through death.”

He speaks, however, of voluntary dangers, to which believers expose their lives for the purpose of confessing Christ. “This nobility of soul, I say, in despising death, would be ascribed to rashness rather than firmness if the saints perished at death, for it is a diabolical madness to purchase immortal fame by death.”