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1 | what does being baptized for the dead me | Bible general Archive 1 | melchizedekau | 10265 | ||
what does being baptized for the dead mean? |
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2 | what does being baptized for the dead me | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 10266 | ||
Interesting question, melchizedekau.. Could you explain a little more? Thanks. Nolan |
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3 | what does being baptized for the dead me | Bible general Archive 1 | melchizedekau | 10380 | ||
1 corrin 15:29 | ||||||
4 | what does being baptized for the dead me | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 10384 | ||
Thank you, melchizedekau for the verse. Here's some interesting information on that verse... "15:29 Biblical doctrine should not be built on any verse as difficult and obscure as this one. Since baptism does not save us, being baptized in the place of those who are already dead cannot be of benefit to anyone. The interpretation of this difficult verse yields to an understanding of the Greek preposition . Usually, the word means “over” or “instead of.” But there are times when the only interpretation possible is “concerning.” In John 1:30 John the Baptist says, “This is He of [, concerning] whom I said....” The same applies here: the interpretation should be “concerning the dead.” The idea is that Christian baptism concerning death and the promise of resurrection is a meaningless ordinance unless the resurrection is a reality. This interpretation certainly fits well with the context." (Believer's Study Bible) "1 CORINTHIANS 15:29: Ordinances, Baptism As Confession—The basic meaning here is clear if details of interpretation are not. Since baptism pictures resurrection of the dead, it would be a mockery to practice baptism if we do not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Only confessing believers are to be baptized. No support is given “proxy” baptism of one person in place of another. Paul argued that if we do not believe in the resurrection of the dead, baptism is meaningless. Some interpreters think the baptism “for the dead” is simply a play on words, in which the believer acts out the picture of his death and resurrection, appearing to be “dead” and then alive again. In Corinth and other places people may have been baptized on behalf of loved ones who had died before there was ever any opportunity to hear the gospel of Christ, to believe, and to be baptized. Nowhere does Paul give any approval to such a practice, but it may be that he turned that practice right back upon the Corinthians, arguing that they were inconsistent if they practiced vicarious baptism, or any baptism, and still did not believe in the resurrection. Others see the “dead” as dead believers whose baptism and Christian lives should serve as an incentive or witness to Christian hope and restore confidence in the belief in resurrection. The witness of their lives would make it difficult to think they were baptized and lived for Christ in vain." (Disciple's Study Bible) "1 CORINTHIANS 15:29: 'Dead' Paul is not here speaking of baptizing living believers in place of either believers or unbelievers who have died. There is no assignment of saving efficacy to baptism. The argument is: Of what value is it for one to trust Christ and be baptized in the ranks left vacant by the believing dead, if there is no resurrection for believers? Why place life in jeopardy and forfeit the benefits of this life, if there is no life after death?" (New Scofield NIV Study Bible) |
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