1COR 15:19 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) If our hope in Messiah only applies to this life, then we should be pitied more than anyone else.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT If only in this life we have hope in Christ, of all people we are most pitiful.

UST Suppose that we can confidently expect the Messiah to help us only before we die. In that case, all people should feel sorry for us more than they feel sorry for anyone else.

BSB If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.

BLB If only in this life we are having hope in Christ, we are more to be pitied than all men.

AICNT If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.

OEB If all that we have done has been to place our hope in Christ for this life, then we of all people are the most to be pitied.

WEBBE If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

WMBB If we have only hoped in Messiah in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

NET For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

LSV if we only have hope in Christ in this life, we are to be most pitied of all men.

FBV If our hope in Christ is only for this life, we're the most pitiful people of all!

TCNT If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

T4T In this life many of us have suffered much for Christ because we confidently expect that he will reward us in heaven. If we have confidently expected this in vain, people should pity us more than they pity anyone else!

LEB If we have put our hope[fn] in Christ in this life only, we are of all people most pitiable.

15:19 Literally “we are having put our hope”

BBE If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.

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Wymth If in this present life we have a *hope* resting on Christ, and nothing more, we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world.

ASV If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

DRA If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

YLT if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.

Drby If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are [the] most miserable of all men.

RV If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable.

Wbstr If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

KJB-1769 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

KJB-1611 If in this life only we haue hope in Christ, wee are of all men most miserable.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps If in this lyfe only we haue hope on Christe, then are we of all men moste miserable.
(If in this life only we have hope on Christ, then are we of all men moste miserable.)

Gnva If in this life onely wee haue hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.
(If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable. )

Cvdl Yf in this life onely we hope on Christ, then are we of all men the most miserable.
(If in this life only we hope on Christ, then are we of all men the most miserable.)

TNT If in this lyfe only we beleve on christ then are we of all men the miserablest.
(If in this life only we believe on christ then are we of all men the miserablest. )

Wycl If in this life oneli we ben hoping in Crist, we ben more wretchis than alle men.
(If in this life oneli we been hoping in Christ, we been more wretchis than all men.)

Luth Hoffen wir allein in diesem Leben auf Christum, so sind wir die elendesten unter allen Menschen.
(Hoffen we/us alone in this_one life on Christum, so are we/us the elendesten under all Menschen.)

ClVg Si in hac vita tantum in Christo sperantes sumus, miserabiliores sumus omnibus hominibus.
(When/But_if in hac vita only in Christo sperantes sumus, miserabiliores sumus to_all hominibus. )

UGNT εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ, ἐν Χριστῷ ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν μόνον, ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν.
(ei en taʸ zōaʸ tautaʸ, en Ⱪristōi aʸlpikotes esmen monon, eleʼeinoteroi pantōn anthrōpōn esmen.)

SBL-GNT εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ ⸂ἐν Χριστῷ ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν⸃ μόνον, ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν.
(ei en taʸ zōaʸ tautaʸ ⸂en Ⱪristōi aʸlpikotes esmen⸃ monon, eleʼeinoteroi pantōn anthrōpōn esmen.)

TC-GNT Εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ [fn]ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν ἐν Χριστῷ μόνον, ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν.
(Ei en taʸ zōaʸ tautaʸ aʸlpikotes esmen en Ⱪristōi monon, eleʼeinoteroi pantōn anthrōpōn esmen. )

15:19 ηλπικοτες εσμεν εν χριστω ¦ εν χριστω ηλπικοτες εσμεν CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Resurrection of the Dead

Jesus spoke of a future resurrection of all people—either to eternal life or to judgment (Mark 12:26-27; John 5:28-29; 6:39-40, 44, 54; 11:25-26; cp. Luke 20:34-36). When Christ returns, all his people will be resurrected to be with him forever (1 Thes 4:13-18; cp. 2 Cor 5:1-10).

This strong hope characterized the outlook of the early Christians. They were able to endure their suffering because their eyes were fixed on what lay beyond this life (2 Cor 4:16-18; cp. Heb 12:2). They expected Jesus to return and resurrect their bodies, and they looked forward to living with him forever (1 Pet 1:3-6, 23). Their faith was based on the foundation of Jesus’ own bodily resurrection (1 Cor 15:12-20; Acts 4:33; see also 2 Cor 4:14).

Resurrection bodies will be fundamentally different from the bodies we experience in this life, with all of their limitations and failings. These renewed bodies will be glorious, strong, immortal, and spiritual, like Christ’s own resurrection body (1 Cor 15:35-58).

Because they are already joined to Christ, believers actually begin to experience resurrection existence here and now. They have already been “raised” with Christ; they have already been given “resurrection life” (Rom 6:4-11; 8:10-11; Col 2:12). As a result, their lives are now centered in the spiritual realities of heaven rather than in worldly things (Col 3:1-4). Believers can experience the transforming power of that new life here and now, the new life of the Spirit that frees them from the power of sin and death (Rom 8:1-4). In all the difficulties they face, their trust is not in themselves but in the resurrection power of God (2 Cor 1:9).

Passages for Further Study

Job 19:25-27; Pss 16:10; 49:15; Dan 12:2-3; Matt 16:21; 28:1-10; Mark 12:18-27; John 3:13-16; 5:25-30; 6:39-40; 11:21-27; Acts 2:23-24; 3:14-15; 4:33; 10:39-41; 17:2-3; 24:15; 26:22-23; Rom 1:4; 4:25; 6:4-11; 8:10-11; 1 Cor 15:12-58; 2 Cor 1:8-9; 4:13-18; 5:1-10; Eph 1:19-20; Col 2:12; 3:1-4; 1 Thes 4:13-18; 1 Pet 1:3-6, 23; Rev 20:11-15; 21:1-7; 22:1-6

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-contrary

εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ, ἐν Χριστῷ ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν μόνον

if in ¬the life this in Christ /having/_hoped ˱we˲_are only

Here Paul is making a conditional statement that sounds hypothetical, but he is already convinced that the condition is not true. He knows that it is not only in this life that we have hope in Christ, since we also have hope for a new life. He uses this form to continue to show the Corinthians the implications of their claim about resurrection. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that the speaker believes is not true. Alternate translation: [If only in this life did we actually have hope in Christ]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ & ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν μόνον

if in ¬the life this & /having/_hoped ˱we˲_are only

Here, only could modify: (1) in this life. Alternate translation: [If it is only in this life that we have hope] (2) we have hope. Alternate translation: [If in this life we only have hope]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ

in ¬the life this

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind life, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “live.” Alternate translation: [while we are currently living do]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἠλπικότες

/having/_hoped

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind hope, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “hope.” Alternate translation: [can we hope]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν

more_pitiful_‹than› all people ˱we˲_are

Here Paul mentions a comparison (of all people) before he states his main point. He does this to emphasize the comparison. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate why Paul mentions the comparison first by rearranging the clauses and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [we are more pitiful than every other person]

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

ἐλεεινότεροι

more_pitiful_‹than›

Here, pitiful identifies someone whom others “pity” or feel sorry for. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express pitiful with a word or phrase that refers to someone whom others feel sorry for. Alternate translation: [the ones whom others feel bad for the most] or [the ones whom others should mourn with the most]

Parallel 1COR 15:19