1 Corinthians 15:34
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.”
33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
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?”
36 You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
- KJV
- Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
- WEB
- Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
- ASV
- Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame.
- DARBY
- Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.
- BLB
- Sober up righteously and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak to you⁺ for shame.
- ÅB
- Våkn opp for alvor og synd ikke! for somme har ikke kjennskap til Gud; til skam for dere sier jeg det.
- OTB
- Våkn opp til rettferdighet og slutt å synde, for noen har ingen kunnskap om Gud. Jeg sier dette til deres skam.
- B1930
- Våkn op for alvor og synd ikke! for somme har ikke kjennskap til Gud; til skam for eder sier jeg det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
Read in contextHebrews 5:11–12
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
Read in contextRomans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Read in contextJoel 1:5
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:7
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
Read in contextJohn 5:14
Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
Read in contextRomans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
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