1 Corinthians 15:19
And if, in this life only, we have hope in the Messiah, we are the most miserable of all men.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
In Context
18and also, doubtless, they who have fallen asleep in the Messiah, have perished.
20But now the Messiah hath risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.
Cross References
Matthew 24:9And they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations, on account of my name.
Luke 21:34Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts be, at no time, stupefied by gluttony and ebriety and worldly care; and so that day come upon you unawares.
John 16:33These things have I said to you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye will have trouble: but, take courage, I have vanquished the world.
1 Corinthians 4:9But I suppose, that God hath placed us legates the last, as for death; since we have become a spectacle to the world, 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 →