1 Corinthians 15:34

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.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Come back to your right way of thinking and stop sinning. Some of you don't know God. I say this to shame you.

Revised Standard Version
Come to your right mind, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Awake truely out of slepe and synne not. For some have not the knowlege of God. I speake this vnto youre rebuke.

Hebrew Names Version
Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

International Standard Version
Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you - I say this to your shame - are without a true knowledge of God.Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 6:5; Ephesians 5:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:5;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
Sober up morally and stop sinning, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

New Century Version
Come back to your right way of thinking and stop sinning. Some of you do not know God—I say this to shame you.

Update Bible Version
Awake to soberness righteously, and don't sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to 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.

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.

World English Bible
Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

Weymouth's 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Awake ye, iuste men, and nyle ye do synne; for summen han ignoraunce of God, but to reuerence Y speke to you.

English Revised Version
Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to 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.

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

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.

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.

Complete Jewish Bible
Come to your senses! Live righteously and stop sinning! There are some people who lack knowledge of God — I say 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.

Etheridge Translation
AWAKEN your hearts rightly, and sin not; for there are some who have not the knowledge of Aloha; to your shame I say it.

Murdock Translation
Let your hearts be righteously excited, and sin not: for there are some, in whom is not the love of God: it is to your shame, I say it.

King James Version (1611)
Awake to righteousnesse, and sinne not: for some haue not the knowledge of God, I speake 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.

New Life Bible
Keep your minds awake! Stop sinning. Some do not know God at all. I say this to your shame.

New Revised Standard
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.

George Lamsa Translation
Awake your hearts to righteousness and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I say this to your shame.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wake up to sobriety, in righteousness, and be not committing sin; for some have, an ignorance of God: for shame, unto you, am I speaking!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak it to your shame.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Awake truely out of slepe, and sinne not: For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this to your shame.

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.

Christian Standard Bible®
Come to your senses and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

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

Lexham English Bible
Sober up correctly and stop sinning, for some have no knowledge of God—I say this to your shame.

Literal Translation
Be righteously awake, 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].

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Awake righte vp, and synne not: for some haue not ye knowlege of God. This I saye to youre shame.

Mace New Testament (1729)
rouze from your sins, as is but just; for some of you have not the knowledge of God: I speak it to your shame.

THE MESSAGE
Think straight. Awaken to the holiness of life. No more playing fast and loose with resurrection facts. Ignorance of God is a luxury you can't afford in times like these. Aren't you embarrassed that you've let this kind of thing go on as long as you have?

New English Translation
Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God—I say 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.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Get back in the middle of your saddle and get both feet in the stirrups. You need to think right and quit all that sinning you know is wrong. Some of you don't even know who God is because you'd rather live a life of sin rather than one that's eternal. And to that, it's your own fault and you'll get what you deserve.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.

Contextual Overview

²⁰But 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]. ²¹For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come. ²²For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. ²³But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's [own will be resurrected with incorruptible, immortal bodies] at His coming. ²⁴After that comes the end (completion), when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after He has made inoperative and abolished every ruler and every authority and power. ²⁵For Christ must reign [as King] until He has put all His enemies under His feet. ²⁶The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death. ²⁷For HE (the Father) HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS (Christ's) FEET. But when He says, "All things have been put in subjection [under Christ]," it is clear that He (the Father) who put all things in subjection to Him (Christ) is excepted [since the Father is not in subjection to His own Son]. ²⁸However, when all things are subjected to Him (Christ), then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One (the Father) who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [manifesting His glory without any opposition, the supreme indwelling and controlling factor of life]. ²⁹Otherwise, what will those do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people even baptized for them?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

sin not: Psalms 4:4, Psalms 119:11, John 5:14, John 8:11

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

I speak: 1 Corinthians 6:5, Hebrews 5:11, Hebrews 5:12

Reciprocal: Judges 5:12 - Deborah 1 Chronicles 28:9 - know thou Proverbs 13:20 - but Proverbs 20:13 - open Song of Solomon 3:2 - will rise Isaiah 51:17 - awake Jeremiah 9:6 - refuse Jeremiah 10:25 - that know Hosea 4:1 - nor knowledge Mark 8:21 - How John 8:19 - Ye neither John 11:11 - awake John 15:21 - because John 17:3 - this John 17:25 - the world 1 Corinthians 8:1 - touching Galatians 4:9 - ye have 1 Thessalonians 5:6 - let us not 1 Thessalonians 5:7 - they that sleep 2 Thessalonians 1:8 - that know 2 Timothy 2:26 - recover Titus 2:2 - sober 1 John 2:1 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Awake to righteousness, and sin not,.... The apostle represents the Corinthians as inebriated with bad principles and notions, and as fallen asleep, and as greatly remiss, and declined in the exercise of grace and discharge of duty; and therefore calls upon them to awake out of sleep, to watch and be sober, and attend to "righteousness"; to the justice of God, which requires the resurrection of the dead, and makes it necessary that men may receive the things done in the body, whether good or evil; for as it is a righteous thing with God to render tribulation to them that sin against him, and trouble his people; so it is but just, that those bodies which Christ has purchased with his blood, who have served him, and suffered for his sake, should be raised again, that, together with their souls, they may enjoy the happiness provided for them; and to the righteousness of Christ, to look unto it, lay hold on it, exercise faith upon it, desiring to be found in it living and dying; and to works of righteousness, to a holy life and conversation, a living soberly, righteously and godly; and not spend their time, and give up themselves to vain speculations and notions; which were so far from being edifying, that they were very detrimental to themselves and others. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "awake, ye righteous": for righteous persons, good men, the wise as well as foolish virgins, sometimes fall asleep, and need awaking out of it; which is done by one providence or another, or by the ministry of the word, and whenever to purpose, by the powerful and efficacious grace of God: the words may be rendered, "awake righteously"; or as the Syriac version reads, "awake your hearts righteously"; and as the Arabic, "with a due awaking"; that is, as it becomes you, and as it is just, right, and proper you should: "and sin not"; not that they could be, or that it could be thought they might be without sin in them, or without sin being done by them; but that they ought not to live a sinful course of life, which the denial of the resurrection led unto, or indulged in; or not sin by denying that doctrine, and giving themselves up to a vicious life in consequence of it:

for some have not the knowledge of God; are like the Gentiles that are without God, and know him not; they know not, or, at least, do not own the truth of God in his word, declaring and testifying the doctrine of the resurrection; they err in that point, not knowing the Scriptures, the sense of them, and this truth contained in them; nor the power or God in raising the dead, nor the justice of God, which makes it necessary that the dead should be raised:

I speak this to your shame; that there should be such ignorant persons in their community; that there were any of such bad principles as to deny the resurrection of the dead, and of such dissolute lives as to give up themselves to sensual lusts and pleasures: that such were continued in the church, kept company with, indulged and caressed; and that there was so great a corruption in doctrine, discipline, and conversation, among them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Awake to righteousness - See the note on Romans 13:11. The word here translated “awake” denotes, properly, to awake up from a deep sleep or torpor; and is usually applied to those who awake, or become sober after drunkenness. The phrase “to righteousness” (δικαίως dikaiōs) may mean either “rouse to the ways of righteousness; to a holy life; to sound doctrine,” etc.; or it may mean “as it is right and just that you should do.” Probably the latter is the correct idea, and then the sense will be, “Arouse from stupidity on this subject; awake from your conscious security; be alarmed, as it is right and proper that you should do, for you are surrounded by dangers, and by those who would lead you into error and vice; rouse from such wild and delusive opinions as these persons have, and exercise a constant vigilance as becomes those who are the friends of God and the expectants of a blessed resurrection.”

And sin not - Do not err; do not depart from the truth and from holiness; do not embrace a doctrine which is not only erroneous, but the tendency of which is to lead into sin. It is implied here, that if they suffered themselves to embrace a doctrine which was a denial of the resurrection, the effect would be that they would fall into sin or that a denial of that doctrine led to a life of self-indulgence and transgression. This truth is everywhere seen and against this effect Paul sought to, guard them. He did not regard the denial of the doctrine of the resurrection as a harmless speculation, but as leading to most dangerous consequences in regard to their manner of life or their conduct.

For some have not - Some among you. You are surrounded by strangers to God; you have those among you who would lead you into error and sin.

I speak this to your shame - To your shame as a church; because you have had abundant opportunities to know the truth, and because it is a subject of deep disgrace that there are any in your bosom who deny the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, and who are strangers to the grace of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 34. Awake to righteousness — Shake off your slumber; awake fully, thoroughly, δικαιως, as ye ought to do: so the word should be rendered; not awake to righteousness. Be in earnest; do not trifle with God, your souls, and eternity.

Sin not — For this will lead to the destruction both of body and soul. Life is but a moment; improve it. Heaven has blessings without end.

Some have not the knowledge of God — The original is very emphatic: αγνωσιανγαρθεουτινεςεχουσι, some have an ignorance of God; they do not acknowledge God. They have what is their bane; and they have not what would be their happiness and glory. To have an ignorance of God-a sort of substantial darkness, that prevents the light of God from penetrating the soul, is a worse state than to be simply in the dark, or without the Divine knowledge. The apostle probably speaks of those who were once enlightened, had once good morals, but were corrupted by bad company. It was to their shame or reproach that they had left the good way, and were now posting down to the chambers of death.