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1 Corinthians 15:28-30
New Catholic Bible
1 Corinthians 15:28-30
New Catholic Bible
28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who made all things subject to him, so that God may be all in all.
29 Practical Faith. Otherwise, what will people accomplish when they have themselves baptized for the dead?[a] If the dead are not raised at all, why should anyone be baptized for them? 30 And why should we be placing ourselves in danger every hour?
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- 1 Corinthians 15:29 Baptized for the dead (v. 29) refers to a rite, unknown to us, a type of baptism by proxy. Paul uses the image of wild beasts (v. 32) to express the hostility he encountered at Ephesus. In v. 33 he is citing Menander, a Greek comic poet, although by this time the saying may already have become a popular proverb.
