1 Corinthians 15:34 (DBY)

Passage

Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:32 If, [to speak] after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if [those that are] dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.

1 Corinthians 15:35 But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come?

1 Corinthians 15:36 Fool; what *thou* sowest is not quickened unless it die.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "awake", "righteously", "some", "ignorant", "speak", "matter", and "shame". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "awake" and "righteously", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good..." into verse 35's "But some one will say How are...", so "awake" and "righteously" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "awake" and "righteously" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.