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1 Corinthians 15:34

Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 15:34 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge 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.
  • NKJV Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
  • NASB Sober up morally and stop sinning, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
  • NLT Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.

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Quick answer

Paul calls them to wake up to righteousness and stop sinning, shaming their ignorance of God. It matters because doctrinal error had moral and spiritual consequences.

Overview

Paul issues a sharp summons to sober, righteous living, rebuking the spiritual ignorance behind the resurrection error. That some among them had no real knowledge of God was to their shame. The verse links right belief about resurrection with a holy life that honors God.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 13

  • 1 Cor 6:5I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
  • Rom 13:11And 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.
  • Heb 5:11–12We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
  • Joel 1:5Wake 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.
  • Eph 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
  • 1 Cor 8:7But 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.
  • Rom 1:28Furthermore, 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.
  • John 8:11“No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
  • John 5:14Afterward, 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.”
  • Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
  • Ps 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
  • 1 Th 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
  • Ps 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

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Christ at the center

Christ crucified is the wisdom and power of God; he is our Passover sacrificed for us, the firstfruits of resurrection, the foundation on which everything is built.

How 1 Corinthians 15:34 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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