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Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Awake up righteously (εκνηψατε δικαιως). Wake up as if from drunkenness. Εκνηφω, only here in N.T. sin not (μη αμαρτανετε). Stop s…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Awake to righteousness. (See Barnes on Romans 13:11).

The word here translated "awake" properly denotes waking up from a deep sleep…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Awake to righteousness, and sin not.—Literally, Awake to soberness in a righteous manner. With this earnest call to arouse from t…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

You know the almost endless questions that may be asked about this matter, and you know the snares into which a man may fall if he begins curiously…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Paul calls for the Corinthians to stop sinning in denying the resurrection of the dead and, by implication, the resurrection of Christ—a denial tha…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Awake righteously. Since he saw that the Corinthians were, in a way, intoxicated through excessive carelessness, he rouses them from their…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Awake to righteousne , and sin not The apostle represents the Corinthians as inebriated with bad principles and notions, …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

All who are by faith united to Christ are by His resurrection assured of their own resurrection. Just as through the sin of the first Adam all huma…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After showing the resurrection of the dead from the resurrection of Christ, the Apostle then shows the resurrection of the dead from the life of th…

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