1 Corinthians 15:19

Jesus

Hope The resurrection Eternal life

¹⁷ And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

¹⁸ Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

²⁰ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

²¹ For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
KJV: If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
WEB: If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
ASV: If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
DARBY: If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are [the] most miserable of all men.
BLB: If only in this life we are having hope in Christ, we are more to be pitied than all men.

ÅB: Har vi bare i dette liv satt vårt håp til Kristus, da er vi de ynkverdigste av alle mennesker.
OTB: Hvis vi har håpet på Kristus bare for dette livet, er vi av alle mennesker mest å beklage.
B1930: Har vi bare i dette liv satt vårt håp til Kristus, da er vi de ynkverdigste av alle mennesker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Peter 1:21
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
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Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
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2 Timothy 1:12
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
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1 Corinthians 4:9–13
For 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.
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2 Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
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Acts 14:22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
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Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
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John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
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