1 Corinthians 15:19
“If in this life only we haue hope in Christ, wee are of all men most miserable.”
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1 Corinthians 15:19 Context
17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vaine, ye are yet in your sinnes. 18Then they also which are fallen asleepe in Christ, are perished. 19If in this life only we haue hope in Christ, wee are of all men most miserable. 20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
- King James Version
If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
- American Standard Version (1901)
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
- Basic English Bible
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are [the] most miserable of all men.
- Darby Bible
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
- Webster's Bible
If in this present life we have a *hope* resting on Christ, and nothing more, we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world.
- Weymouth Bible
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
- World English Bible
If in this life oneli we ben hoping in Crist, we ben more wretchis than alle men.
- Wycliffe Bible
if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 15:19
15:19 If in this life only we have hope - If we look for nothing beyond the grave. But if we have a divine evidence of things not seen, if we have a hope full of immortality, if we now taste of the powers of the world to come, and see the crown that fadeth not away, then, notwithstanding all our present trials, we are more happy than all men.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 15:19
1Co 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ. If there is no life beyond, no hope of it, then Christians who deny themselves in this life and endure persecutions and sufferings for the sake of eternal life, are of all men most miserable. They "lose life" and gain no eternal life. Such are the consequences of this false belief.