1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 they also that sleep in Christ, are perished.
20But now Christ is risen from the dead, and is become the first-fruits of them that slept:
Cross References
Matthew 24:9Then shall they afflict you, and kill you; and ye shall be hated by all nations for my name:
Luke 21:34Take heed to yourselves, least at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of life, and so that day should come upon you unawares:
John 16:33These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have trouble: but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.
1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God hath as it were exhibited us the apostles last upon the stage as appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle to the world, and 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 →