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For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all. <a href="/esv/1_corinthians/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame. <a href="/blb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Sober up righteously and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak to your shame. <a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/15.htm">King James Bible</a> Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. <a href="/nkjv/1_corinthians/15.htm">New King James Version</a> Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. <a href="/nasb_/1_corinthians/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Sober up morally and stop sinning, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. <a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. <a href="/nasb77/1_corinthians/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. <a href="/lsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Become righteously sober-minded, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. <a href="/amp/1_corinthians/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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. <a href="/csb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Come to your senses and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame. <a href="/hcsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame. <a href="/asv/1_corinthians/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame. <a href="/cev/1_corinthians/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Be sensible and stop sinning. You should be embarrassed that some people still don't know about God. <a href="/erv/1_corinthians/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame. <a href="/gwt/1_corinthians/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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. <a href="/gnt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> Come back to your right senses and stop your sinful ways. I declare to your shame that some of you do not know God. <a href="/isv/1_corinthians/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/msb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame. <a href="/net/1_corinthians/15.htm">NET Bible</a> Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God--I say this to your shame! <a href="/nheb/1_corinthians/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Become sober-minded, and do not sin, for some are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame. <a href="/wbt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/web/1_corinthians/15.htm">World English Bible</a> Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_corinthians/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> wake up, as is right, and do not sin; for some have an ignorance of God; I say [it] to you for shame. <a href="/blb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Sober up righteously and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak to your shame. <a href="/ylt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say it. <a href="/slt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Recover your senses rightly, and in not; for some have a want of knowledge of God: I speak to your confusion.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God, I speak it to your shame. <a href="/cpdv/1_corinthians/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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. <a href="/nabre/1_corinthians/15.htm">New American Bible</a> 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 <a href="/nrsvce/1_corinthians/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_corinthians/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Awake your hearts to righteousness and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I say this to your shame. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_corinthians/15.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_corinthians/15.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Awake, as you should, to soberness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.<CM> <a href="/godbey/1_corinthians/15.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak to your shame. <a href="/haweis/1_corinthians/15.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Awake as the righteous, and sin not; for some have an ignorance of God: I speak this to your shame.<CM> <a href="/mace/1_corinthians/15.htm">Mace New Testament</a> rouze from your sins, as is but just; for some of you have not the knowledge of God: I speak it to your shame. <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/worrell/1_corinthians/15.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have not a knowledge of God: I say it to your shame! <a href="/worsley/1_corinthians/15.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/15-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-wZWoK_LZU?start=3507" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">The Order of Resurrection</a> …33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34<a href="/greek/1594.htm" title="1594: eknēpsate (V-AMA-2P) -- To return to soberness of mind. From ek and nepho; to rouse out of stupor.">Sober up</a> <a href="/greek/1346.htm" title="1346: dikaiōs (Adv) -- Justly, righteously. Adverb from dikaios; equitably.">as you ought,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/264.htm" title="264: hamartanete (V-PMA-2P) -- Perhaps from a and the base of meros; properly, to miss the mark, i.e. to err, especially to sin.">stop sinning;</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">for</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tines (IPro-NMP) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">some of you</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold."></a> <a href="/greek/56.htm" title="56: agnōsian (N-AFS) -- Ignorance; specifically: willful ignorance. Ignorance.">are ignorant</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God.</a> <a href="/greek/2980.htm" title="2980: lalō (V-PIA-1S) -- A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.">I say this</a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.">to</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/1791.htm" title="1791: entropēn (N-AFS) -- Shame. From entrepo; confusion.">shame.</a> 35But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Romans 13:11-14</a> 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. ... <a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm">Ephesians 5:14</a> So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:6-8</a> 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. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-18</a> 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.” ... <a href="/1_peter/4-7.htm">1 Peter 4:7</a> The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray. <a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Romans 6:13</a> 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. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-10</a> 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. ... <a href="/1_john/3-6.htm">1 John 3:6-9</a> 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. ... <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a> 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. <a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm">1 Timothy 6:11-12</a> 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. <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a> 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.” <a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a> Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. <a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">1 Peter 1:13-16</a> 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, ... <a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> 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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.Awake.<a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5</a> 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.<a href="/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6</a> 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.<a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Romans 13:11</a> 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.<a href="/psalms/4-4.htm">Psalm 4:4</a> Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.<a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a> Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.<a href="/john/5-14.htm">John 5:14</a> 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.<a href="/1_corinthians/8-7.htm">1 Corinthians 8:7</a> 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<a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28</a> 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;<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:5</a> Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:I speak.<a href="/1_corinthians/6-5.htm">1 Corinthians 6:5</a> 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?<a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm">Hebrews 5:11,12</a> Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-8.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-9.htm">Fit</a> <a href="/romans/11-25.htm">Ignorance</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-14.htm">Live</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-15.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-5.htm">Move</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-28.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-28.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-23.htm">Right</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/luke/23-41.htm">Righteously</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/acts/22-17.htm">Senses</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-35.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-13.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-7.htm">Sober-Minded</a> <a href="/acts/26-25.htm">Soberness</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-32.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-30.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-16.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/galatians/1-16.htm">Fit</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ignorance</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-11.htm">Live</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-24.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-58.htm">Move</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-36.htm">Order</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-3.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-11.htm">Right</a> <a href="/galatians/2-17.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-10.htm">Righteously</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-13.htm">Senses</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-43.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-56.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-26.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm">Sober-Minded</a> <a href="/acts/26-25.htm">Soberness</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-17.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-10.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-58.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">1 Corinthians 15</div>1. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-1.htm">By Christ's resurrection,</a> 12. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-12.htm">he proves the necessity of our resurrection, </a> 16. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-16.htm">against all such as deny the resurrection of the body.</a> 21. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-21.htm">The fruit,</a> 35. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-35.htm">and the manner thereof;</a> 51. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">and of the resurrection of those who shall be found alive at the last day.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_corinthians/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_corinthians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Sober up as you ought This phrase calls for a return to spiritual alertness and moral clarity. In the context of 1 Corinthians, Paul addresses a church struggling with various issues, including divisions and moral lapses. The call to "sober up" is a metaphor for waking up from spiritual lethargy. The Greek word used here can also imply being free from the intoxicating influences of sin and false teachings. This echoes the call in <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Romans 13:11-14</a> to awaken from sleep and put on the armor of light, emphasizing the urgency of living a life aligned with God's will.and stop sinning; Paul's directive to "stop sinning" is a straightforward call to repentance. The Corinthian church was known for its moral and ethical challenges, including issues of sexual immorality and idolatry. This command aligns with the broader biblical theme of holiness, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a>, where believers are called to be holy in all their conduct. The imperative to cease sinning underscores the transformative power of the Gospel, which calls believers to live in a manner worthy of their calling (<a href="/ephesians/4.htm">Ephesians 4:1</a>).for some of you are ignorant of God. This phrase highlights a lack of true knowledge or understanding of God among some members of the Corinthian church. Despite their spiritual gifts and knowledge, they were missing a deep, relational understanding of God's nature and will. This ignorance can be linked to the influence of Greek philosophy and pagan practices prevalent in Corinth, which often distorted the truth of the Gospel. <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a> warns that a lack of knowledge leads to destruction, emphasizing the importance of knowing God truly and intimately.I say this to your shame. Paul's statement is a rebuke intended to provoke self-examination and repentance. In the honor-shame culture of the ancient Mediterranean world, public shame was a powerful motivator for change. By expressing this sentiment, Paul seeks to awaken the Corinthians to the seriousness of their spiritual condition. This aligns with the biblical principle found in <a href="/proverbs/3-11.htm">Proverbs 3:11-12</a>, where discipline is seen as an expression of God's love, intended to guide His people back to righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 1 Corinthians, addressing the church in Corinth with authority and pastoral concern. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_church_in_corinth.htm">The Church in Corinth</a> A diverse and often troubled congregation in the ancient city of Corinth, known for its moral and spiritual challenges. 3. <a href="/topical/r/resurrection_of_the_dead.htm">Resurrection of the Dead</a> The broader context of <a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">1 Corinthians 15</a>, where Paul defends the doctrine of the resurrection, which some in Corinth were doubting.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/a/awakening_to_righteousness.htm">Awakening to Righteousness</a> Paul calls the Corinthians to "sober up," which in the Greek (ekn?ph?) implies a return to clear-mindedness and moral awareness. Believers today must remain vigilant against spiritual complacency. <a href="/topical/c/ceasing_from_sin.htm">Ceasing from Sin</a> The command to "stop sinning" is a direct call to repentance. Christians are to actively turn away from sin, recognizing its destructive power and the shame it brings to the community of faith. <a href="/topical/k/knowledge_of_god.htm">Knowledge of God</a> Ignorance of God is a serious issue that Paul addresses. Growing in the knowledge of God through Scripture and prayer is essential for a vibrant faith and moral living. <a href="/topical/s/shame_as_a_motivator.htm">Shame as a Motivator</a> Paul uses shame not to condemn but to motivate change. Recognizing areas of spiritual failure should lead to repentance and transformation, not despair.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_corinthians_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Corinthians 15</a> <a href="/q/what_happens_in_the_apocalypse_of_moses.htm">Have you obeyed the Gospel of God?</a> <a href="/q/why_doesn't_paul_mention_the_empty_tomb.htm">Why does Paul never reference the empty tomb, despite writing earlier than the Gospels?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_christless_christianity.htm">What defines Christless Christianity?</a> <a href="/q/why_isn't_god's_forgiveness_universal.htm">Why doesn't God forgive everyone unconditionally?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_corinthians/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(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.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_corinthians/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>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 <a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm">Ephesians 5:14</a> and <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Romans 13:11</a> is a different one. The metaphor, however, occurs in the simple verb in <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:6, 8</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/4-5.htm">2 Timothy 4:5</a>; <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a>, 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." <a href="/commentaries/1_corinthians/15-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Sober up ἐκνήψατε (eknēpsate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1594.htm">Strong's 1594: </a> To return to soberness of mind. From ek and nepho; to rouse out of stupor. as you ought, δικαίως (dikaiōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1346.htm">Strong's 1346: </a> Justly, righteously. Adverb from dikaios; equitably. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. stop sinning; ἁμαρτάνετε (hamartanete) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_264.htm">Strong's 264: </a> Perhaps from a and the base of meros; properly, to miss the mark, i.e. to err, especially to sin. for γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. some [ of you ] τινες (tines) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_56.htm">Strong's 56: </a> Ignorance; specifically: willful ignorance. Ignorance. of God. Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. I say this λαλῶ (lalō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2980.htm">Strong's 2980: </a> A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4314.htm">Strong's 4314: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. shame. ἐντροπὴν (entropēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1791.htm">Strong's 1791: </a> Shame. 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