1 Corinthians 15:19

Modern English Version

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

Cross References

Psalm 17:14

from men by Your hand, O  Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their belly with Your treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

For when there are many debating words, there is more vanity. What is the benefit to a person?

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that He has given you under the sun, because that is your reward in life and for your toil, which you perform under the sun.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. And you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

Luke 21:34

“Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts become burdened by excessiveness and drunkenness and anxieties of life, and that Day comes on you unexpectedly.

Luke 8:14

That which fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he is offering a service to God.

John 16:33

“I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have distress. But be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.”

Acts 14:22

strengthening the minds of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith, to go through many afflictions and thus enter the kingdom of God.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and our Father.

2 Timothy 1:12

For these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him until that Day.

2 Timothy 2:4

No soldier on active duty entangles himself with civilian affairs, that he may please the enlisting officer.

2 Timothy 3:12

Yes, and all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

1 Peter 1:21

Through Him you believe in God who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow them.”