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NASB | 1 Corinthians 15:29 ¶ Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 15:29 ¶ Otherwise, what will those do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people even baptized for them? |
Bible Question (short): What does 1 Corithians 15: 27-29 mean? |
Question (full): Regarding 1 Corinthiians 15:27-29, I wonder 1)How verses 27-28 square up to the claim that Jesus is God. Not that I refute the claim but just confused. In the same context, somewhere in the N.T also Jesus is referred to as 'the first-born of creation'(the first to be born/ created of all that is created?). 2)What does verse 29 really mean as it talks about baptism and the dead. I mean I have people from a Christian religious group who use this chapter of the Letter to claim that when the living get saved, their dead line of relatives (especially those ancestors who never had somebody witness to them about salvation in Jesus during their lifetime) gets saved along. I am an African in South Africa. Also are there other people who believe likewise around the world. A clear answer will be very important to me as a young-in-faith Christian. Please help. FTM |