1 Corinthians 15:29

Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

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In The King James Version

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

In Context

28And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

30Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

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Cross References

Romans 6:3Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:21-35

The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he… Read the whole commentary →

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