1 Corinthians 15:33
31 I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- KJV
- Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
- WEB
- Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
- ASV
- Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
- DARBY
- Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
- BLB
- Do not be led astray: “Bad companionships corrupt good morals.”
- ÅB
- Far ikke vill! Dårlig omgang forderver gode seder.
- OTB
- La dere ikke villede: "Dårlig selskap ødelegger gode vaner."
- B1930
- Far ikke vill! Dårlig omgang forderver gode seder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in contextMatthew 24:4
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
Read in contextProverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Read in contextEphesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Read in contextGalatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:16–18
But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
Read in context