1 Corinthians 15:29

Then what shall they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead rise not at all, why are they also baptized for them?

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

28But when he may subordinate all things to him, then the Son himself will also be subordinated to him who hath subordinated all things to Himself, in order that God may be all things in all.

30Why indeed are we in jeopardy every hour?

Read all of 1 Corinthians 15

Cross References

Romans 6:3Whether do you not know, that so many of us as were baptized unto Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?

1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I have fought with the wild beasts in Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead rise not, 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Corinthians 15:29