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31 I affirm, by athe boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, bI die daily.  
32 If, in the manner of men, aI have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, b“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”  
33 Do not be deceived: a“Evil company corrupts good habits.”  
34 aAwake to righteousness, and do not sin; bfor some do not have the knowledge of God. cI speak this to your shame.  

A Glorious Body

35 But someone will say, a“How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”  
36 Foolish one, awhat you sow is not made alive unless it dies.  
37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain.
38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind1 of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.  
40 There are also1 celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.  
41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
42 aSo also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.  
43 aIt is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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1 Corinthians 15:33

Be not deceived - Do not impose on yourselves, and permit not others to do it.

Evil communications corrupt good manners - There are many sayings like this among the Greek poets; but this of the apostle, and which according to the best MSS. makes an Iambic verse, is generally supposed to have been taken from Menander' s lost comedy of Thais.

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\ri720 \cf1 Bad company good morals doth corrupt.

There is a proverb much like this among the rabbins:

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\ri720 \cf1 "There were two dry logs of wood, and one green log; but the dry logs burnt up the green log."

There is no difficulty in this saying; he who frequents the company of bad or corrupt men will soon be as they are. He may be sound in the faith, and have the life and power of godliness, and at first frequent their company only for the sake of their pleasing conversation, or their literary accomplishments: and he may think his faith proof against their infidelity; but he will soon find, by means of their glozing speeches, his faith weakened; and when once he gets under the empire of doubt, unbelief will soon prevail; his bad company will corrupt his morals; and the two dry logs will soon burn up the green one.

The same sentiment in nearly the same words is found in several of the Greek writers; Aeschylus, Sept. Theb. ver. 605: ' ' ̔ · "In every matter there is nothing more deleterious than evil communication." - Diodorus Siculus, lib. xvi. cap. 54: ̔ · "With these evil communications he corrupted the morals of men."

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Theogn. Sent., ver. 31-36.

\ri720 \cf1 Know this: Thou must not keep company with the wicked, but converse always with good men. With such eat, drink, and associate. Please those who have the greatest virtue. From good men thou mayest learn good things; but if thou keep company with the wicked, thou wilt lose even the intelligence which thou now possessest.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing 1 Corinthians 15:33:

Romans 8:21
1 Corinthians 15:35

 

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