1 Corinthians 15:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ 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?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ 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?

Common English Bible

²⁹ 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?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Otherwise, what will those who are being baptized for the dead do, if the dead do not rise again at all? Why then are they being baptized for them?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ 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?

1 Corinthians 15:29 Cross References

Matthew 20:22

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

Matthew 3:6

and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

1 Corinthians 15:16

For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:

1 Corinthians 15:28

And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

1 Corinthians 15:30

Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

1 Corinthians 15:32

If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.