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1 | Can we be baptised on behalf of the dead | 1 Cor 15:29 | Appleseed | 12948 | ||
Hi All, Can we be baptised on behalf of the dead (RSV)? Surely everyone has to make the personal decision to be baptised and saved? Can anyone reflect on what Paul means with this verse and please back it up with 3 or more verses. Thanks |
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2 | Can we be baptised on behalf of the dead | 1 Cor 15:29 | There | 12962 | ||
If you don't mind I'm going to throw a couple of things out here because I don't believe there are any relevant scriptures to explain just what Paul meant. I may be wrong, and if someone has some I will be grateful to read them. 1) To begin with I want to copy something from Halley's Bible Handbook, by Henry H. Halley, pp. 598-600, concerning chapter 15 in 1Corinthians. "The fact that some of the Corinthian Church Leaders were already denying the Resurrection (12), is an indication of the extent to which false teaching, of the very worst kind, had crept into the church." "Paul insists, in the strongest language of which he is capable, that except for the hope of Resurrection, there is no excuse for the existence of Christianity (13-19)." "The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead was the one unvarying refrain of the apostles. This 15th chapter of 1Corinthians is the fullest discussion of it in the New Testament. In the meaning it gives to human life it is the most significant and grandest single chapter in the Bible." (skipped some parts) "Baptized for the Dead (v.29). This seems to mean vicarious baptism, that is, baptism for a dead friend. But there is no other Bible reference to such a practice, and no evidence that it existed in the apostolic Church. Perhaps a better translation would be "Baptized in hope of the resurrection." 2) And I will give you another possibility since Paul sometimes went into "argument" mode. :) It disagrees with Mr. Halley's last statement. Possibly Paul was saying something like this, "Hey people, what do you mean they are saying that there is no resurrection?? Even those who are making these false claims get baptized for the dead. If they don't believe the dead rise at all, then why are they getting baptized for the dead?? They must believe in the resurrection if they're doing that!" And then in verse 34 Paul explains that "some do not have the knowledge of God". That "some" are those who do not believe in the resurrection, AND are getting "baptized for the dead". |
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