11 translations · Greek

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

World English Bible

1 Corinthians 15:33 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
KJV King James Version
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
ASV American Standard Version
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
LSV Literal Standard Version
Do not be led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
FBV Free Bible Version
Don't be fooled: “Bad company ruins good character.”
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
DBY Darby Translation
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
WBT Webster’s Bible
Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners.

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
Μὴ Mē {Do} not G3361 μή not
πλανᾶσθε planasthe be deceived G4105 πλανάω to lead astray
Φθείρουσιν Phtheirousin corrupts G5351 φθείρω to destroy
ἤθη ēthē character G2239 ἦθος moral
χρηστὰ chrēsta good G5543 χρηστός good/kind
ὁμιλίαι homiliai company G3657 ὁμιλία association
κακαί kakai Bad G2556 κακός evil/harm: evil
  • Proverbs 13:20

    One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Matthew 24:4

    Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:6

    Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

  • Proverbs 9:6

    Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

  • Ephesians 5:6

    Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

  • Galatians 6:7

    Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

  • 2 Timothy 2:16–18

    But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness, and those words will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9

    Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

  • Matthew 24:24

    For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

  • 2 Peter 2:2

    Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

32 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

33 Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

34 Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”

Read all of 1 Corinthians 15 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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