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1 Corinthians 15:29
New Catholic Bible
1 Corinthians 15:29
New Catholic Bible
29 Practical Faith. Otherwise, what will people accomplish when they have themselves baptized for the dead?[a] If the dead are not raised at all, why should anyone be baptized for them?
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- 1 Corinthians 15:29 Baptized for the dead (v. 29) refers to a rite, unknown to us, a type of baptism by proxy. Paul uses the image of wild beasts (v. 32) to express the hostility he encountered at Ephesus. In v. 33 he is citing Menander, a Greek comic poet, although by this time the saying may already have become a popular proverb.
