1 Corinthians 15:29

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?

Else {G1893} what {G5101} shall they do {G4160} which are baptized {G907} for {G5228} the dead {G3498}, if {G1487} the dead {G3498} rise {G1453} not {G3756} at all {G3654}? why {G5101}{G2532} are they then baptized {G907} for {G5228} the dead {G3498}?

Were it otherwise, what would the people accomplish who are immersed on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not actually raised, why are people immersed for them?

If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?

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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Cross-References

  • Romans 6:3 (7 votes)

    Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

  • Romans 6:4 (7 votes)

    Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:16 (5 votes)

    For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

  • Matthew 20:22 (4 votes)

    But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:32 (2 votes)

    If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.