1 Corinthians 15:33

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Be	πλανᾶσθε· planasthe	G4105	to (properly · verb — present passive imperative, 2nd person plural
not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
deceived	πλανάω planáō	G4105	to (properly
evil	κακαί. kakai	G2556	worthless (intrinsically · adjective — nominative plural feminine
communications	ὁμιλίαι homiliai	G3657	companionship ("homily") · noun — nominative plural feminine
corrupt	φθείρουσιν phtheirousin	G5351	properly · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person plural
good	χρηστὰ chrēsta	G5543	employed · adjective — accusative plural neuter
manners	ἤθη ēthē	G2239	usage · noun — accusative plural neuter

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Cross-references

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
1 Corinthians 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Proverbs 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
2 Timothy 2:16-18 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:20-34

In this passage the apostle establishes the truth of the resurrection of the dead, the holy dead, the dead in Christ, I. On the resurrection of Christ. 1. Because he is indeed the first-fruits of those that slept, Co1 15:20. He has truly risen himself, and he has risen in this very quality and character, as the first-fruits of those who sleep in him. As he has assuredly risen, so in his resurrection there is as much an earnest given that the dead in him shall rise as there was that the Jewish harvest in general should be accepted and blessed by the offering and acceptance of the first-fruits. The whole lump was made holy by the consecration of the first-fruits (Rom 11:16), and the whole body…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 15:33

evil communications corrupt good manners--a current saying, forming a verse in MENANDER, the comic poet, who probably took it from Euripides [SOCRATES, Ecclesiastical History, 3.16]. "Evil communications" refer to intercourse with those who deny the resurrection. Their notion seems to have been that the resurrection is merely spiritual, that sin has its seat solely in the body, and will be left behind when the soul leaves it, if, indeed, the soul survive death at all. good--not only good-natured, but pliant. Intimacy with the profligate society around was apt to corrupt the principles of the Corinthians.

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 15:33

Be not deceived - Do not impose on yourselves, and permit not others to do it. Evil communications corrupt good manners - There are many sayings like this among the Greek poets; but this of the apostle, and which according to the best MSS. makes an Iambic verse, is generally supposed to have been taken from Menander's lost comedy of Thais. Φθειρουσιν ηθη χρησθ' ὁμιλιαι κακαι· Bad company good morals doth corrupt. There is a proverb much like this among the rabbins: תרי אורי יכישי ותר רטיכא אוקרן יכישי לרטיכא "There were two dry logs of wood, and one green log; but the dry logs burnt up the green log." There is no difficulty in this saying; he who frequents the company of bad or corrupt men…

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The Church Fathers

And the apostle says, "Evil communications corrupt good manners."
— Fabian of Rome,

Follow companies and conversations worthy of God, mindful of that short verse, sanctified by the apostle's quotation of it, "Ill interviews good morals do corrupt." Talkative, idle, winebibbing, curious tent-fellows, do the very greatest hurt to the purpose of widow-hood.
— Tertullian, To His Wife Book I

We see quiet and respectable men who, when they have become associated with turbulent and shameless people, have their good manners corrupted by evil conversations. They are turned into men of the same sort as those who are steeped in every kind of witness. This sometimes happens to men of mature age, who prove that they have lived more chastely in youth than when advanced years had granted them the opportunity of a freer life.
— Origen of Alexandria, ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 3.1.5

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Dictionary and topics

Adam — Red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the name given to the first man, whose creation, fall, and subsequent…
Immortality — Perpetuity of existence. The doctrine of immortality is taught in the Old Testament. It is plainly implied in the writings of Moses (Gen. 5:22, 24; 25:8; 37:35; 47:9; 49:29, comp. Heb. 11:13-16; Ex.…
Quotations — From the Old Testament in the New, which are very numerous, are not made according to any uniform method. When the New Testament was written, the Old was not divided, as it now is, into chapters and…
Sin — Is “any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God” (1 John 3:4; Rom. 4:15), in the inward state and habit of the soul, as well as in the outward conduct of the life, whether by…
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Are ruinous to moral character — Are ruinous to moral character
Body · Resurrection of — Resurrection of
Company · EVIL — EVIL
Immortality · 2:11; — 2:11;
Proverbs · 4:23;6:44;14:34; — 4:23;6:44;14:34;
Sensuality · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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1 Corinthians 15:33

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:20-34

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 15:33

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 15:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Corinthians 15:33

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:20-34

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 15:33

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 15:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 15:33

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 15:29-34

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:33