Does Dead Really Mean Dead???

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Originally Posted by mizpeh

Maybe Paul is speaking of two different things. I guess you would have to define the "old man" and the new creature. Is the "old man" speaking of our flesh with its sinful nature or something else?

Does being new creatures in Christ mean we don't struggle with the flesh.

Concerning "I die daily", here is another translation:

1Co 15:31 [I assure you] by the pride which I have in you in [your fellowship and union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily [I face death every day and die to self]. Amp

Here's another

I Corinthians 15:29-34

29 If the dead will not be raised, what point is there in people being baptized for those who are dead? Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again?

30 And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour? 31 For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you. 32 And what value was there in fighting wild beasts—those people of Ephesus[f]—if there will be no resurrection from the dead? And if there is no resurrection, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”[g] 33 Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.

In the context of the passage Paul is clearly speaking of facing physical death and not of dying to self.