1 Corinthians 15:29
What is written? (ESV)
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?
What does it say?
What’s the point of people being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised, why are people baptized on their half?
What is its immediate context?
Paul is making a great defense for the resurrection of Jesus and what that means for the Christian’s faith. Without Jesus being raised, their faith would be “in vain” (vs 14), they’d still be in their sins (vs 17), the dead “in Christ” would have truly perished (vs 18) and everyone else “in Christ” should be “most pitied” (vs 19). He then shifts to highlight what will happen because He was resurrected and confirm the raising “at his coming those who belong to Christ” (vs 23).
How 1 Corinthians 15:29 is applied across Bible answers
Is baptism required for salvation?
Paul, the one who emphasized God's grace in another letter1, equated those who were "in Christ" with those who were "people baptized".
