1 Corinthians 15:29

Else what will they do who are baptised? for the dead, if wholly dead they rise no more. Why are they then baptised for the dead?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 shall have put all things under him, then also the Son himself shall be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

30and why do we also expose ourselves to danger every hour?

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Cross References

Romans 6:3Do ye not know, that as many as have been baptised into Christ Jesus have been baptised into his death?

1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage would it be to me, if the dead did not rise again? shall we eat and drink; because 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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