Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 1 Corinthians 15:34

"Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame." — 1 Corinthians 15:34 (ASV)

Paul calls for the Corinthians to stop sinning in denying the resurrection of the dead and, by implication, the resurrection of Christ—a denial that leads to loose living. There were some in the church who did not know God or the precious doctrine of the resurrection. They were in a shameful condition, Paul says, because they were espousing such a denial of the truth.