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The Order of Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15:34

In 9 translations

BSB
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
KJV
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
WEB
Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
ASV
Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
LSV
wake up, as is right, and do not sin; for some have an ignorance of God; I say [it] to you for shame.
YLT
awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say [it].
DBY
Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.Elohim
DRC
Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God, I speak it to your shame.
GNV
Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read λαλῶ.¶ (“I speak”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read λέγω (“I say”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: λαλῶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read λαλῶ; Robinson–Pierpont read λέγω.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐκνήψατε δικαίως καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε, ἀγνωσίαν γὰρ θεοῦ τινες ἔχουσιν· πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λαλῶ.
RP2018
Ἐκνήψατε δικαίως καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε· ἀγνωσίαν γὰρ θεοῦ τινὲς ἔχουσιν· πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω.
TR-Boyd
Ἐκνήψατε δικαίως καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε· ἀγνωσίαν γὰρ Θεοῦ τινὲς ἔχουσι· πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω.
SCR1894
εκνηψατε δικαιως και μη αμαρτανετε αγνωσιαν γαρ θεου τινες εχουσιν προς εντροπην υμιν λεγω

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:5I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
  • Hebrews 5:11–12We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing. Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need…
  • Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  • Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
  • Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
  • 1 Corinthians 8:7But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
  • Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • John 5:14Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
  • John 8:11“No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
  • Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
  • Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
  • Psalms 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

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