Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Awake—literally, "out of the sleep" of carnal intoxication into which ye are thrown by the influence of these skeptics (I Corinthians 15:32; Joel 1:5).
to righteousness—in contrast with "sin" in this verse, and corrupt manners (I Corinthians 15:33).
sin not—Do not give yourselves up to sinful pleasures. The Greek expresses a continued state of abstinence from sin. Thus, Paul implies that they who live in sinful pleasures readily persuade themselves of what they wish, namely, that there is to be no resurrection.
some—the same as in I Corinthians 15:12.
have not the knowledge of God—and so know not His power in the resurrection (Matthew 22:29). Stronger than "are ignorant of God." An habitual ignorance: wilful, in that they prefer to keep their sins, rather than part with them, in order to know God (compare John 7:17; I Peter 2:15).
to your shame—that you Corinthian Christians, who boast of your knowledge, should have among you, and maintain intercourse with, those so practically ignorant of God, as to deny the resurrection.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 15:34:
1 Corinthians 6:5
1 Corinthians 15:1
1 Thessalonians 5:6
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