1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verse 19 Holy Bible

ASV 1stCorinthians 15:19

If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
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BBE 1stCorinthians 15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
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DARBY 1stCorinthians 15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are [the] most miserable of all men.
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KJV 1stCorinthians 15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
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WBT 1stCorinthians 15:19


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WEB 1stCorinthians 15:19

If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
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YLT 1stCorinthians 15:19

if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.
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1st Corinthians 15 : 19 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - If in this life only we have hope in Christ. The word to which "in Christ" should be joined is uncertain; the order st the original is, "If in this life in Christ we have hoped only." The "only" seems therefore to qualify the whole sentence: "If we have merely hoped in Christ, and that only in this life." We are of all men most miserable; literally, we are more pitiable than all men. The remark only has an absolute bearing when Christians really are suffering from persecutions, as they did in St. Paul's day (2 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Timothy 3:12). But to some extent all Christians have to bear their cross, and if all that they give up and suffer is sacrificed to a delusion, they deserve most pity in one sense, because they have been most conspicuously befooled. In another sense they are still the happiest of men; for their delusion, judged by its fruits, is more blessed than the dreary blank which is the only alternative.

Ellicott's Commentary