1 CORINTHIANS 15:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.”
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied — Christian hope is credible only eschatologically. If circumscribed to earthly life, Christians are pitiable (eleeinos: worthy of pity) because they endure suffering while others pursue pleasure. Faith without resurrection is existentially absurd.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable. What do you say, O Paul? How “in this life only have we hope,” if our bodies be not raised, the soul abiding and being immortal? Because even if the soul abide, even if it be infinitely immortal, as indeed it is, without the flesh it shall not receive those hidden good things, as neither truly shall it be punished. For all things shall be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ, “that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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