1 Corinthians 15:34 “Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant…”

1 Corinthians 15:34

Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.

Darby Translation

Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of 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].

Bible in Basic English

Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

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Cross references

“Awake”

Romans 13:11 Joel 1:5 Ephesians 5:14 Jonah 1:6

Romans 13:11 · BSB

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.

Joel 1:5 · BSB

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

Ephesians 5:14 · BSB

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

Jonah 1:6 · BSB

The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

“sin not”

John 5:14 John 8:11 Psalm 119:11 Psalm 4:4

John 5:14 · BSB

Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”

John 8:11 · BSB

“No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”

Psalm 119:11 · BSB

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Psalm 4:4 · BSB

Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

“some”

1 Corinthians 8:7 Romans 1:28 1 Thessalonians 4:5

1 Corinthians 8:7 · BSB

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

Romans 1:28 · BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

1 Thessalonians 4:5 · BSB

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

“I speak”

1 Corinthians 6:5 Hebrews 5:11 Hebrews 5:12

1 Corinthians 6:5 · BSB

I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?

Hebrews 5:11 · BSB

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

Hebrews 5:12 · BSB

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

35But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

Read 1 Corinthians 15