1 Corinthians 15:29

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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?

Cross References

Matthew 20:22

But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”

Matthew 3:6

and they were baptized by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.

1 Corinthians 15:16

For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.

1 Corinthians 15:28

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things in subjection under him, so that God may be all in all.

1 Corinthians 15:30

And why are we putting ourselves in danger every hour?

1 Corinthians 15:32

If I fought with wild animals at Ephesus with a merely human perspective, what would I have gained by it? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”