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29 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?[a] 30 Why am I in peril every hour? 31 I protest, brethren, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!

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  1. 15.29 Apparently a custom of vicarious baptism for those who had died without it. Paul mentions it without approving it.

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