1 Corinthians 15:29

New International Reader's Version

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?

Cross References

Matthew 20:22

“You don’t know what you’re asking for,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup of suffering I am going to drink?” “We can,” they answered.

Matthew 3:6

When they confessed their sins, John baptized them in the Jordan.

1 Corinthians 15:16

If the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.

1 Corinthians 15:28

When he has done that, the Son also will be under God’s rule. God put everything under the Son. In that way, God will be all in all.

1 Corinthians 15:30

And why would we put ourselves in danger every hour?

1 Corinthians 15:32

Did I fight wild animals in Ephesus with nothing more than human hopes? Then what have I gotten for it? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die.” (Isaiah 22:13)