1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verse 34 Holy Bible
Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak `this' to move you to shame.
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Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.
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Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.
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Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
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Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
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awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say `it'.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.
