Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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!
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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Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Corinthians 15:19
Devotionals containing 1 Corinthians 15:19
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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
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
19 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.
20
But now [as things really are] Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, [and He became] the first fruits [that is, the first to be resurrected with an incorruptible, immortal body, foreshadowing the resurrection] of those who have fallen asleep [in death].
Cross References
2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who delight in pursuing righteousness and are determined to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be hunted and persecuted [because of their faith].
Psalm 17:14
From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many other words that increase futility. What then is the advantage for a man?
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given you under the sun—all the days of vanity and futility. For this is your reward in life and in your work in which you have labored under the sun.
Matthew 10:21-25
Matthew 24:9
Luke 8:14
Luke 21:34
John 16:2
John 16:33
Acts 14:22
strengthening and establishing the hearts of the disciples; encouraging them to remain firm in the faith, saying, “It is through many tribulations and hardships that we must enter the kingdom of God.”
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.
1 Corinthians 6:3-4
Do you not know that we [believers] will judge angels? How much more then [as to] matters of this life?
Ephesians 1:12-13
so that we who were the first to hope in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him as our Lord and Savior] would exist to the praise of His glory.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
recalling unceasingly before our God and Father your work energized by faith, and your service motivated by love and unwavering hope in [the return of] our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 1:12
This is why I suffer as I do. Still, I am not ashamed; for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in the truth of His deity], and I am persuaded [beyond any doubt] that He is able to guard that which I have entrusted to Him until
2 Timothy 2:4
No soldier in active service gets entangled in the [ordinary business] affairs of civilian life; [he avoids them] so that he may please the one who enlisted him to serve.
1 Peter 1:21
and through Him you believe [confidently] in God [the heavenly Father], who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are [centered and rest] in God.
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘