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1 Corinthians 15:34

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

KJV

ἐκνήψατε δικαίως καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε, ἀγνωσίαν γὰρ θεοῦ τινες ἔχουσιν· πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λαλῶ.

Greek NT

Evigilate justi, et nolite peccare : ignorantiam enim Dei quidam habent, ad reverentiam vobis loquor.

Vulgate

Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δικαίως
dikaios
adverb · 5×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀγνωσία
agnosia
noun · 2×
ἁμαρτάνω
amartano
verb · 44×
ἐκνήφω
eknepho
verb · 1×
ἐντροπή
entrope
noun · 2×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: λαλῶ | WH/Treg/NIV: λαλῶ | RP: λέγω
  • λαλῶSBLGNT
  • λαλῶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • λέγωRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
  • 1Cor 6:5 — I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
  • 1Cor 6:5 — I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
  • 1Cor 8:1 — Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
  • 1Cor 8:7 — Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
  • 1John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
  • 1Thess 4:5 — Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
  • 1Thess 4:5 — Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
  • 1Thess 5:7 — For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
  • 2Thess 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Heb 5:11 — Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
  • Hos 4:1 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  • Isa 51:17 — Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
  • Jer 9:6 — Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
  • Joel 1:5 — Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
  • John 5:14 — Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
  • John 8:11 — She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
  • John 8:19 — Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
  • John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
  • Jonah 1:6 — So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
  • Judg 5:12 — Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
  • Mark 8:21 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
  • Prov 20:13 — Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  • Ps 4:4 — Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
  • Ps 119:11 — Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
  • Rom 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
  • Rom 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
  • Rom 13:11 — And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
  • Rom 13:11 — And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
  • Titus 2:2 — That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.