1 Corinthians 15:27-29

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

²⁷for “He^[a] subjected all things under His^[b] feet” [Ps 8:6]. But when He says^[c] that “All things have been subjected”, it is clear that this is except the One^[d] having subjected all things to Him. ²⁸But when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One^[e] having subjected all things to Him, in order that God may be all things in all.

Otherwise, Why Be Concerned About The Dead Or Risk Our Lives?

²⁹Otherwise^[f], what will the ones being baptized for^[g] the dead do? If dead ones are not raised at-all, why indeed are they baptized for them?

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 15:27 That is, the Father, as in the psalm.
1 Corinthians 15:27 That is, the Son.
1 Corinthians 15:27 That is, when God says in the psalm; or, when God says at the end of time (note the change of tense to ‘have been subjected’).
1 Corinthians 15:27 That is, the Father... to the Son.
1 Corinthians 15:28 That is, the Father.
1 Corinthians 15:29 That is, if v 20-28 is not the case.
1 Corinthians 15:29 Or, on behalf of, with reference to, for the sake of, because of. Paul’s meaning is uncertain. Some think he is sarcastically referring to some pagan practice of proxy baptism familiar to the Corinthians, but otherwise unknown to us. Others think he means ‘because of the dead’, because of the influence of their lives, or to be with them.

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