ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 15 v19

IF FOR THIS LIFE ONLY. AMBROSE: Paul says this, not because to hope in Christ is miserable but because Christ has prepared another life for those who hope in him. For this life is liable to sin. The life above is reserved for our reward. ON HIS BROTHER SATYRUS 2.124.

HOPE IN CHRIST. AMBROSIASTER: It is clear that we hope in Christ both for this life and for the next one. Christ does not abandon his servants but gives them grace, and in the future they will dwell in eternal glory. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

IF THE BODY DOES NOT RISE. CHRYSOSTOM: Even if the soul remains, being infinitely immortal, without the flesh it will not receive those hidden blessings. If the body does not rise again, the soul remains uncrowned with the blessings stored up for it in heaven. In that case, we have nothing to hope for, and our rewards are limited to this life. What could be more wretched than that? HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 39.4.

THE FOLLY OF HOPING ONLY IN THIS LIFE. MAXIMUS OF TURIN: Therefore Christ is not to be hoped in for this life only, in which the bad can do more than the good, in which those who are more evil are happier, and those who lead a more criminal life live more prosperously. SERMON 96.1.