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If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hoped only in this life [and this is all there is], then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied.
If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hope only in this life and that is all, then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.
If we have a hope in Christ only in this life, then we deserve to be pitied more than anyone else.
If it is only for this life that we have put our hope in the Messiah, we are more pitiable than anyone.
If our hope in Christ is good only for this life, we are worse off than anyone else.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are [the] most miserable of all men.
If we are ones having hoped in Christ in this life only, we are more pitiable than all people.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
If our hope in Christ is only for this life here on earth, then people should feel more sorry for us than for anyone else.
As believers, we trust Christ to lead us into a new life after death. But if we only trust him to help us in this life, we should be very sad. Everybody should be very sorry for us, more than for anyone else.
If our hope in Christ applies only to this life, we are the most pitiful people of all.
If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
If our hope in Christ is for this life only, we should be pitied more than ·anyone else in the world [L all people].
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.
If Christ is our hope in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people.
If our hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more, then we deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world.
If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.
If our hope in Christ is for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone else in the world.
If we have set our hopes on the Messiah in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people.
Now if the rising of Christ from the dead is the very heart of our message, how can some of you deny that there is any resurrection? For if there is no such thing as the resurrection of the dead, then Christ was never raised. And if Christ was not raised then neither our preaching nor your faith has any meaning at all. Further it would mean that we are lying in our witness for God, for we have given our solemn testimony that he did raise up Christ—and that is utterly false if it should be true that the dead do not, in fact, rise again! For if the dead do not rise neither did Christ rise, and if Christ did not rise your faith is futile and your sins have never been forgiven. Moreover those who have died believing in Christ are utterly dead and gone. Truly, if our hope in Christ were limited to this life only we should, of all mankind be the most to be pitied!
If in this life only we have existence in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
If we have put our hope in Christ in this life only, we are of all people most pitiable.
And if being a Christian is of value to us only now in this life, we are the most miserable of creatures.
If corpses can’t be raised, then Christ wasn’t, because he was indeed dead. And if Christ weren’t raised, then all you’re doing is wandering about in the dark, as lost as ever. It’s even worse for those who died hoping in Christ and resurrection, because they’re already in their graves. If all we get out of Christ is a little inspiration for a few short years, we’re a pretty sorry lot. But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy of those who are going to leave the cemeteries.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
If our hope in Christ is for · this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
If Christ is our hope in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all.
If we have hoped in Christ only in this life, we are of all people most to be pitied.
If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
If it is for just this life that we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable of all men.
If our hope in Christ is for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone else in the world.
For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.
Do we have hope in Christ only for this life? Then people should pity us more than anyone else.
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
If we have hope in Christ in this life only, we are more sad than anyone else.
And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.
If it is in this life only that we believe on Christ, then we are of all men the most miserable.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
If it’s only for this present life that we have put our hope in the Messiah, we are the most pitiable members of the human race.
Listen, if for the Olam Hazeh only we have tikvateinu in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, we are to be pitied more than kol Bnei Adam.
If it is only in this life that we have hope in Christ, we are of all mankind the most miserable.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.
If we have hoped in Messiah in this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all people.
If what we have hoped for in the Anointed doesn’t take us beyond this life, then we are world-class fools, deserving everyone’s pity.
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
And if we have hope in Christ for our life in this world only, then we are the most unhappy of all people.
If in this life only we be hoping in Christ, we be more wretches than all men.
if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.
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