1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
In Context
18Then, also, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
20But now, Christ has risen from the dead, the first-fruits of those who slept.
Cross References
Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you up to affliction, and kill you; and you will be hated by all nations on my account.
Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts become heavy with reveling and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day come upon you when you look not for it.
John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction, but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.
1 Corinthians 4:9For I think that God has appointed us the apostles, to the lowest place, as under sentence of death; for we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:13-20
The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not,… Read the whole commentary →