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.

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

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.

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.

NET Bible
Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some 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.
Literal Translations
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.

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

Smith's Literal Translation
Recover your senses rightly, and in not; for some have a want of knowledge of God: I speak to your confusion.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God, I speak it to your shame.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Be vigilant, you just ones, and do not be willing to sin. For certain persons have an ignorance of God. I say this to you with respect.

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

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.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Awake your hearts to righteousness and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I say this to your 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.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Awake, as you should, to soberness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

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

Haweis New Testament
Awake as the righteous, and sin not; for some have an ignorance of God: I speak this to your shame.

Mace New Testament
rouze from your sins, as is but just; for some of you have not the knowledge of God: I speak it 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.

Worrell New Testament
Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have not a knowledge of God: I say it to your shame!

Worsley New Testament
Behave soberly, as ye ought to do, and sin not: for some of you have not the knowledge of God; to your shame I speak 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
Romans 13:11-14
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. / The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. / Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. ...

Ephesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. / For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. / But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ...

1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

Romans 6:13
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.

Colossians 3:5-10
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. ...

1 John 3:6-9
No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. / Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. / The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. ...

Ephesians 4:22-24
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; / to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; / and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

1 Timothy 6:11-12
But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. / Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1 Peter 1:13-16
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. / As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. / But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, ...

Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.


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…

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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.














Sober up as you ought
The phrase "sober up" in the Greek is "ἐκνήψατε" (eknēpsate), which implies a call to awaken from a state of moral or spiritual stupor. In the context of 1 Corinthians, Paul is addressing a church that has been influenced by false teachings and moral laxity. The call to "sober up" is a metaphorical awakening to righteousness and truth. Historically, Corinth was a city known for its moral decadence, and the church there was not immune to these influences. Paul’s exhortation is a reminder to return to a state of spiritual alertness and moral integrity, aligning with the Christian call to live a life that reflects the holiness of God.

and stop sinning
The Greek word for "stop sinning" is "ἁμαρτάνετε" (hamartanete), which is a present imperative, indicating a command to cease ongoing action. This suggests that some members of the Corinthian church were engaged in continuous sinful behavior. The historical context reveals that the Corinthian church struggled with issues such as sexual immorality, idolatry, and divisions. Paul’s directive is not just a call to cease specific sins but to adopt a lifestyle that consistently rejects sin. This aligns with the broader biblical teaching that Christians are called to be holy as God is holy (1 Peter 1:16).

for some of you are ignorant of God
The term "ignorant" comes from the Greek "ἀγνωσίαν" (agnōsian), which denotes a lack of knowledge or awareness. In this context, it refers to a deficiency in understanding God’s nature and His expectations for His people. This ignorance is not merely intellectual but spiritual, reflecting a disconnect from the transformative knowledge of God. Historically, the Corinthian church was influenced by Greek philosophy and pagan practices, which may have contributed to their misunderstanding of God. Paul’s statement underscores the importance of knowing God deeply and personally, as this knowledge is foundational to living a life that pleases Him.

I say this to your shame
The word "shame" in Greek is "ἐντροπήν" (entropēn), which conveys a sense of disgrace or dishonor. Paul uses this strong language to provoke a sense of conviction and repentance among the Corinthians. In the cultural context of honor and shame, this would have been a powerful motivator for change. Paul’s intention is not to condemn but to awaken the church to the seriousness of their spiritual condition. This aligns with the biblical principle that godly sorrow leads to repentance (2 Corinthians 7:10). Paul’s rebuke is a loving call to return to the path of righteousness and to live in a way that honors God.

(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.


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