Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Ah, if in this life we have nothing but a mere hope in Christ, we are of all men to be pitied most!
New American Standard Bible
If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are
King James Version
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Holman Bible
If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.
International Standard Version
If we have set our hopes on the Messiah in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people.
A Conservative Version
If we are men who have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men more miserable.
American Standard Version
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
Amplified
If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hoped only in this life [and this is all there is], then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied.
An Understandable Version
If we have placed our hope in Christ while in this life only, we are to be pitied more than all [other] people.
Anderson New Testament
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.
Bible in Basic English
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
Common New Testament
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.
Daniel Mace New Testament
if our expectations as christians all terminate in this life, we of all men are most to be pitied.
Darby Translation
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men.
Godbey New Testament
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
Goodspeed New Testament
If we have centered our hopes on Christ in this life, and that is all, we are the most pitiable people in the world.
John Wesley New Testament
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are more miserable than all men.
Julia Smith Translation
If in this life only we have been hoping in Christ, we are more to be compassionated than all men.
King James 2000
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If {we have put our hope} in Christ in this life only, we are of all people most pitiable.
Modern King James verseion
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If in this life only we believe on Christ, then are we, of all men, the miserablest.
Montgomery New Testament
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all mankind most pitiable.
NET Bible
For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.
New Heart English Bible
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
Noyes New Testament
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Sawyer New Testament
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
The Emphasized Bible
If, in this life, in Christ, we have hoped - and that is all, we are, of all men, most to be pitied.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are more miserable than all other men.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If all that we have done has been to place our hope in Christ for this life, then we of all men are the most to be pitied.
Webster
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Weymouth New Testament
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.
Williams New Testament
If for this life only we Christians have set our hopes on Christ, we are the most pitiable people in the world.
World English Bible
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
Worrell New Testament
If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable!
Worsley New Testament
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Youngs Literal Translation
if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.
Themes
Persecution » The hope of future blessedness supports under
Resurrection » If there is no resurrection
Jesus Christ, Resurrection » Was necessary to » Hope
The Resurrection » Certainty of, proved by the resurrection of Christ
Interlinear
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Usage: 2128
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Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Corinthians 15:19
Devotionals containing 1 Corinthians 15:19
References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 15:19
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 15:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning The Resurrection Of The Dead
18 More than that: those who have slept the sleep of death in Christ have perished after all. 19 Ah, if in this life we have nothing but a mere hope in Christ, we are of all men to be pitied most! 20 But it is not so! Christ did rise from the dead, he was the first to be reaped of those who sleep in death.
Cross References
2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all who want to live the religious life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Matthew 10:21-25
Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and put them to death,
Matthew 24:9
Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name.
Luke 8:14
As for the seed that fell among thorns, that means people who hear but who go and get choked with worries and money and the pleasures of life, so that they never ripen.
Luke 21:34
Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.
John 16:2
They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.
John 16:33
I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For it seems to me that God means us apostles to come in at the very end, like the doomed gladiators in the arena! We are made a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men!
1 Corinthians 6:3-4
Do you not know we are to manage angels, let alone mundane issues?
Ephesians 1:12-13
to make us redound to the praise of his glory by being the first to put our hope in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
as we recall your active faith and labour of love and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
2 Timothy 1:12
and this is why I am suffering. Still, I am not ashamed of it; I know whom I have trusted and I am certain he is able to keep what I have put into his hands till the great Day.
2 Timothy 2:4
No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander.
1 Peter 1:21
it is by him that you believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory; and thus your faith means hope in God.
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: ??'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth! Even so, it is the voice of the Spirit ??blessed in resting from their toils; for what they have done goes with them.'"