1 Corinthians 15:19 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If Christ is our hope in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable.

WEY:

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.

WBS:

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.

YLT:

if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.

1 Corinthians 15:19 Cross References

XREF:

1 Corinthians 4:9 For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

15:19 {9} If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
(9) The third argument which is also taken from an absurdity: for unless there is another life, in which those who trust and believe in Christ will be blessed, they are the most miserable of all creatures, because in this life they would be the most miserable.

PNT:

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.

WES:

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.

MHC:

15:12-19 Having shown that Christ was risen, the apostle answers those who said there would be no resurrection. There had been no justification, or salvation, if Christ had not risen. And must not faith in Christ be vain, and of no use, if he is still among the dead? The proof of the resurrection of the body is the resurrection of our Lord. Even those who died in the faith, had perished in their sins, if Christ had not risen. All who believe in Christ, have hope in him, as a Redeemer; hope for redemption and salvation by him; but if there is no resurrection, or future recompence, their hope in him can only be as to this life. And they must be in a worse condition than the rest of mankind, especially at the time, and under the circumstances, in which the apostles wrote; for then Christians were hated and persecuted by all men. But it is not so; they, of all men, enjoy solid comforts amidst all their difficulties and trials, even in the times of the sharpest persecution.

CONC:

Christ Hope Hoped Miserable Nothing Pitiable Pitied Present Rest Resting Unhappy

Christ Hope Hoped Life Miserable Pitied Present Rest Resting Unhappy World

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