1 Corinthians 15:29

James Moffatt - New Testament

Otherwise, if there is no such thing as a resurrection, what is the meaning of people getting baptized on behalf of their dead? If dead men do not rise at all, why do people get baptized on their behalf?

Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:16

For if dead men never rise, Christ did not rise either;

Matthew 20:22

Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

1 Corinthians 15:32

What would it avail me that, humanly speaking, I 'fought with wild beasts' at Ephesus? If dead men do not rise, let us eat and drink, for we will be dead to-morrow!

Matthew 3:6

and got baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

1 Corinthians 15:28

and when everything is put under him, then the Son himself will be put under Him who put everything under him, so that God may be everything to everyone.

1 Corinthians 15:30

Yes, and why am I myself in danger every hour?