1 Corinthians 15:29
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Else, what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
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?
Otherwise, what will those do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people even baptized for them?
Otherwise, what do people mean by being [themselves] baptized in behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
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?
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?
Otherwise, what are those who are getting baptized for the dead doing? If the dead aren’t raised, then why are they being baptized for them?
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 the dead are not going to be raised to life, what will people do who are being baptized for them? Why are they being baptized for those dead people?
Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if [those that are] dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them?
Otherwise, what will the ones being baptized for the dead do? If dead ones are not raised at-all, why indeed are they baptized for them?
Otherwise what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not again at all? why are they then baptized for them?
If no one will ever be raised from death, then what will the people do who are baptized for those who have died? If the dead are never raised, then why are people baptized for them?
Think about this. Some of you have let people baptize you on behalf of believers who have already died. But if dead people do not rise up to a new life, there is no reason to baptize anyone on their behalf.
Otherwise, what will those people do who get baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why do they even get baptized for them?
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?
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?
If the dead are never raised, what will people do who are being baptized for the dead [C it is unclear what this practice was or whether Paul approves or disapproves]? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people being baptized for them?
Else what shall they do which are baptized for dead? if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for dead?
However, people are baptized because the dead ⌞will come back to life⌟. What will they do? If the dead can’t come back to life, why do people get baptized as if they can ⌞come back to life⌟?
Now, what about those people who are baptized for the dead? What do they hope to accomplish? If it is true, as some claim, that the dead are not raised to life, why are those people being baptized for the dead?
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?
If the dead are never raised, then what will people do who are baptized for those who have died? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
Otherwise, what will those people do who are being baptized because of those who have died? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they being baptized because of them?
Further, you should consider this, that if there is to be no resurrection what is the point of some of you being baptised for the dead by proxy? Why should you be baptised for dead bodies? And why should I live a life of such hourly danger? I assure you, by the certainty of Jesus Christ that we possess, that I face death every day of my life! And if, to use the popular expression, I have “fought with wild beasts” here in Ephesus, what is the good of an ordeal like that if there is no life after this one? ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!’
Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
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 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?
Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
Otherwise, why do they do it, those who are being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why indeed are they being baptized on behalf of them?
If the dead will not come back to life again, then what point is there in people being baptized for those who are gone? Why do it unless you believe that the dead will someday rise again?
Why do you think people offer themselves to be baptized for those already in the grave? If there’s no chance of resurrection for a corpse, if God’s power stops at the cemetery gates, why do we keep doing things that suggest he’s going to clean the place out someday, pulling everyone up on their feet alive?
Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
Otherwise, what will they accomplish, those who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not actually raised, why then are they being baptized for them?
However, people are baptized because the dead will come back to life. What will they do? If the dead can’t come back to life, why do people get baptized as if they can come back to life?
Otherwise, what will people accomplish by having themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they having themselves baptized for them?
For otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
Otherwise, what will people accomplish when they have themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why should anyone be baptized for them?
If the dead are never raised, what will people do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people being baptized for them?
Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them?
Suppose no one rises from the dead. Then what will people do who are baptized for the dead? Suppose the dead are not raised at all. Then why are people baptized for them?
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?
Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptised for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptised for them?
Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?
What good will it do people if they are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised, why are people baptized for them?
If the dead will not be raised, what point is there in people being baptized for those who are dead? Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again?
Or else what are the people who are baptized over the dead doing, if the dead do not rise at all? Why are they then baptized over the dead?
Otherwise, what will those people do who receive baptism on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
Otherwise, what will those people do who receive baptism on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
Otherwise, what will those people do who receive baptism on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
Otherwise, what will those people do who receive baptism on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
Otherwise, what are people doing when they get baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead simply aren’t raised, why should people get baptized on their behalf?
Otherwise, what will they do, the ones being given tevilah on behalf of the dead? If the Mesim really are not raised, why indeed are they given tevilah on behalf of the Mesim?
Or else what shall they do who are baptized for dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why then are they baptized for dead?
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?
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?
Otherwise, what will they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they immersed for them?
You have probably heard that some people are undergoing ritual cleansings of baptism for the dead. Why are they doing that? If the dead are not going to be raised, then why are people being baptized for them?
Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren’t raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?
Another thing, what good is it for people to be baptized for dead people? If dead people are not raised, why are some people baptized for them?
Else what shall they do, that be baptized for dead men, if in no wise dead men rise again [if in all manner dead men rise not again]? whereto [also] be they baptized for them?
Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?
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