1 Corinthians 15:34

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐκνήψατε δικαίως, καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε· ἀγνωσίαν γὰρ Θεοῦ τινες ἔχουσιν: πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω.

Transliteration

Eknēpsate dikaiōs, and not hamartanete; agnōsian gar Theou some echousin: pros entropēn hymin legō.

Grammar Details

*eknēpsate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - become sober/wake up
*dikaiōs*: adverb - righteously/properly
*kai*: conjunction - and
*mē*: negative particle - not
*hamartanete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - sin
*agnōsian*: accusative feminine singular - ignorance/lack of knowledge
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for
*Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God
*tines*: indefinite pronoun, nominative masculine plural - some
*echousin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural - they have
*pros*: preposition with accusative - toward
*entropēn*: accusative feminine singular - shame/embarrassment
*hymin*: personal pronoun, dative plural - to you
*legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I speak/say

Word Meanings

*eknēpsate*: wake up/become sober/return to sobriety
*dikaiōs*: righteously/properly/as is right
*hamartanete*: sin/miss the mark/err
*agnōsian*: ignorance/lack of knowledge
*Theou*: of God/God's
*echousin*: have/possess/hold
*pros entropēn*: to shame/to embarrassment/to move to shame
*legō*: speak/say/tell

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Referenced Verses

Rom 13:11 : 11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
John 5:14 : 14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
1 Thess 4:5 : 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
Heb 5:11-12 : 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
John 8:11 : 11 {G1161} She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
1 Cor 8:7 : 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Ps 4:4 : 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Joel 1:5 : 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

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