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1 Corinthians 15:19New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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19 If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are to be pitied more than anyone.
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1 Corinthians 15:19The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ ἐν Χριστῷ ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν μόνον, ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν.
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1 Corinthians 15:19The Bible in Living English
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19 If we are hoping in Christ in this life only, we are most pitiable of all men.
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1 Corinthians 15:19American Standard Version
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19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
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1 Corinthians 15:19The Emphasized Bible
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19 If in this life in Christ we have hoped—and that is all We are of all men most to be pitied.
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1 Corinthians 15:19King James Version
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19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
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1 CorinthiansWatch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
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15:19 w84 10/1 30-31; sl 28-29; g73 6/8 8; w44 101
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1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 15New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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we are to be pitied more than anyone: The apostle Paul and other Christians had suffered loss, experienced persecution, endured hardship, and faced death because they believed in the resurrection. If the resurrection hope had no basis, then Christians were the most pitiable of all people. Paul’s words here are at the end of a list of negative statements that would have been true if Christ had not been resurrected. (1Co 15:13-19) But Paul clearly did not believe these points to be valid, for he continues in verse 20: “But now Christ has been raised from the dead.”
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