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1 Corinthians 15:29-30
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Corinthians 15:29-30
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?[a] 30 Why am I in peril every hour?
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- 15.29 Apparently a custom of vicarious baptism for those who had died without it. Paul mentions it without approving it.
1 Corinthians 15:29-30
New International Version
1 Corinthians 15:29-30
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29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?(A)
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