1 Corinthians 15:34
New International Version
Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Berean Standard Bible
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

Berean Literal Bible
Sober up righteously and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak to your shame.

King James Bible
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

New King James Version
Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

New American Standard Bible
Sober up morally and stop sinning, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

NASB 1995
Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

NASB 1977
Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

Legacy Standard Bible
Become righteously sober-minded, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

Amplified Bible
Be sober-minded [be sensible, wake up from your spiritual stupor] as you ought, and stop sinning; for some [of you] have no knowledge of God [you are disgracefully ignorant of Him, and ignore His truths]. I say this to your shame.

Christian Standard Bible
Come to your senses and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

American Standard Version
Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Righteously awaken your hearts and do not sin, for there are some in whom the knowledge of God does not exist. I say that to your shame.

Contemporary English Version
Be sensible and stop sinning. You should be embarrassed that some people still don't know about God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God, I speak it to your shame.

English Revised Version
Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Come back to the right point of view, and stop sinning. Some people don't know anything about God. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Good News Translation
Come back to your right senses and stop your sinful ways. I declare to your shame that some of you do not know God.

International Standard Version
Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you—I say this to your shame—don't fully know God.

Literal Standard Version
wake up, as is right, and do not sin; for some have an ignorance of God; I say [it] to you for shame.

Majority Standard Bible
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

New American Bible
Become sober as you ought and stop sinning. For some have no knowledge of God; I say this to your shame. C. The Manner of the Resurrection

NET Bible
Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God--I say this to your shame!

New Revised Standard Version
Come to a sober and right mind, and sin no more; for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

New Heart English Bible
Become sober-minded, and do not sin, for some are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

Webster's Bible Translation
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

Weymouth New Testament
Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.

World English Bible
Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Young's Literal Translation
awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say it.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Order of Resurrection
33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame. 35But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”…

Cross References
Jeremiah 9:3
"They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account," declares the LORD.

Matthew 22:29
Jesus answered, "You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Acts 26:8
Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

Romans 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.

1 Corinthians 4:14
I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?


Treasury of Scripture

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Awake.

Joel 1:5
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Jonah 1:6
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

sin not.

Psalm 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Psalm 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

John 5:14
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

some.

1 Corinthians 8:7
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

See on

Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

1 Thessalonians 4:5
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

I speak.

1 Corinthians 6:5
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

Hebrews 5:11,12
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing…

Jump to Previous
Awake Cease Drunken Fit Ignorance Live Matter Move Order Ought Right Righteous Righteously Righteousness Senses Shame Sin Sinning Sober-Minded Soberness Speak Stop Wake Yourselves
Jump to Next
Awake Cease Drunken Fit Ignorance Live Matter Move Order Ought Right Righteous Righteously Righteousness Senses Shame Sin Sinning Sober-Minded Soberness Speak Stop Wake Yourselves
1 Corinthians 15
1. By Christ's resurrection,
12. he proves the necessity of our resurrection,
16. against all such as deny the resurrection of the body.
21. The fruit,
35. and the manner thereof;
51. and of the resurrection of those who shall be found alive at the last day.














(34) Awake to righteousness, and sin not.--Literally, Awake to soberness in a righteous manner, With this earnest call to arouse from the sleep of indulgence and of death, the Apostle completes this section of the chapter, and the direct proofs of the doctrine of the resurrection. The exhortation is needed, for there are some who call themselves Christians and still have "an ignorance" regarding God. "To their shame" the Apostles speaks this, not only the last words, but the whole preceding argument. It was a shame that to Christians the Apostle should have to vindicate the very fundamental truth of the Faith.

Verse 34. - Awake to righteousness. The word rendered "awake" means "awake at once from a drunken sleep." This verb does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. The word rendered "awake" in Ephesians 5:14 and Romans 13:11 is a different one. The metaphor, however, occurs in the simple verb in 1 Thessalonians 5:6, 8; 2 Timothy 4:5; 1 Peter 5:8, etc. The word rendered "to righteousness" is literally an adverb, righteously. It may mean "as is fit." And sin not. Here the present tense, "be not sinning," is contrasted with the instantaneous aorist, "awake." Have not the knowledge. The original is stronger, "have an ignorance." They have not a vacuum of nescience, but a plenuum of ignorance. I speak this to your shame; rather, I am speaking to shame you. The object of all I am saying is to excite your shame - not, as in some previous instances, "to spare you."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Sober up
ἐκνήψατε (eknēpsate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1594: To return to soberness of mind. From ek and nepho; to rouse out of stupor.

as you ought,
δικαίως (dikaiōs)
Adverb
Strong's 1346: Justly, righteously. Adverb from dikaios; equitably.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

stop sinning;
ἁμαρτάνετε (hamartanete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 264: Perhaps from a and the base of meros; properly, to miss the mark, i.e. to err, especially to sin.

for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

some [ of you ]
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

are ignorant
ἀγνωσίαν (agnōsian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 56: Ignorance; specifically: willful ignorance. Ignorance.

of God.
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

I say this
λαλῶ (lalō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

your
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

shame.
ἐντροπὴν (entropēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1791: Shame. From entrepo; confusion.


Links
1 Corinthians 15:34 NIV
1 Corinthians 15:34 NLT
1 Corinthians 15:34 ESV
1 Corinthians 15:34 NASB
1 Corinthians 15:34 KJV

1 Corinthians 15:34 BibleApps.com
1 Corinthians 15:34 Biblia Paralela
1 Corinthians 15:34 Chinese Bible
1 Corinthians 15:34 French Bible
1 Corinthians 15:34 Catholic Bible

NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 15:34 Wake up righteously and don't sin (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor)
1 Corinthians 15:33
Top of Page
Top of Page