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29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized [a]for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? 30 Why are we also (A)in danger every hour? 31 I affirm, brothers, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (B)I die daily. 32 If [b]from human motives I (C)fought with wild beasts at (D)Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, (E)let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. 33 (F)Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” 34 (G)Become righteously sober-minded, and stop sinning; for some have (H)no knowledge of God. (I)I speak this to your shame.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:29 Or because of
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Lit according to man

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29 Otherwise what will they do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are people baptized for them?[a] 30 Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I affirm by the pride in you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord: I die every day!(A) 32 If I fought wild animals in Ephesus(B) with only human hope,[b] what good did that do me?[c](C) If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.(D)[d] 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”[e] 34 Come to your senses[f](E) and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.(F)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:29 Other mss read for the dead
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Lit Ephesus according to man
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Lit what to me the profit?
  4. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Is 22:13
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:33 A quotation from the poet Menander, Thais, 218
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:34 Lit Sober up righteously