New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Corinthians 15:19
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
Berean Standard Bible
If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
King James Version
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
World English Bible
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
American Standard Version
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
Berean Literal Bible
If only in this life we are having hope in Christ, we are more to be pitied than all men.
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Corinthians 15
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
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