As a way to prepare for Easter, I invite you to join me on a 58 day journey through the 58 verses of 1 Corinthians 15 in Greek. Below is a link to the video. Click here for the previous video on 1 Cor 15:18 and click here for the next video on 1 Cor 15:20.
Below is a link to a PDF version of the PowerPoint used in the above video.
1 Corinthians 15:19
19 εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ ἐν Χριστῷ ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν μόνον, ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν.
19 If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are more pitiable than all people.
εἰ – cond. conj. marking the protasis (“if” clause). First class cond. assumed true for the argument’s sake [W690-94].
ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ – prep. phrase.
ἐν Χριστῷ – prep. phrase.
ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν – periphrastic ptc. which contains the subj. and is the verb of the protasis [perf-act-ind-1-p = {pres-cop-ind-1-p-ειμί + perf-act-ptc-masc-pl-nom-ελπίζω}]. A present form of ειμί + the perf. ptc. = the perfect tense [W647-49].
μόνον, – adv. marking a limitation, “limiting the action or state to the one designated by the verb” (BDAG 2.a.).
ἐλεεινότεροι – comparative pred. adj. Note the asyndeton with no conj. marking the apodosis [W658].
πάντων ἀνθρώπων – gen. of comp. [W110-12].
ἐσμέν. – subj. and main verb of the apodosis [pres-cop-ind-1-p-ειμί].
Dr. Timothy J. Christian 
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