1 Corinthians 15:34

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

'Awake to soberness righteously' -'Become sober-minded as you ought' (NASV); 'Come to your senses' (Nor) 'It means to awake from. drunken stupor' (Vincent p. 279) 'Shake off, therefore, this drunken fit, and keep from those sins in which it has tempted you to indulge' (McGarvey p. 154)

'A startling call, to men fallen as if into. drunken sleep under the seductions of sensualism and heathen society and the fumes of intellectual pride..' (Gr. Ex. N.T. 933)

Point to Note:

'It is the way of all rationalists and all skeptics to pose as clear-headed, sound, and sober thinkers and to charge true believers with blind acceptance of "dogmas" that are nothing but narcotics.' (Lenski p. 699)

'sin not' -'stop sinning' (Robertson p. 194) Which implies that this error had led some already into sin.

'for some have no knowledge of God' -

'It is possible that this is. word that points outward, to those outside their community who do not know God and, given the present theological delusion and behavioral aberrations of this Christian community, are not likely to. Nonetheless, in the present context this is almost certainly. word of irony, the ultimate "put down" of those responsible for taking this church down its present disastrous course...that those who deny the resurrection ultimately live in ignorance of God..' (Fee p. 774)

'Those who claimed to have superior knowledge which led them to deny the resurrection, might have had greater acquaintance with Greek philosophy. However, they lacked knowledge of God..' (Willis p. 568)

'I speak this to move you to shame' -'You should be ashamed that. have to write like this at all!' (Phi) 'The presence of these skeptics brings disgrace to the entire congregation, and the congregation ought to realize this and to purge itself.' (Lenski p. 701)

'We are often told that errorists are just as "good" (morally) as those who believe and confess God's truth, perhaps even "better"; but Paul does not agree...Doctrine is never an indifferent thing..it always works itself out in life.' (Lenski p. 701)

ANSWERING OBJECTIONS CONCERNING THE RESURRECTION BODY: