What does 1 Corinthians 15:29 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?"
Verse 29. _ELSE WHAT SHALL THEY DO WHICH ARE BAPTIZED FOR THE_ _DEAD_] This is certainly the most difficult verse in the New Testament; for, notwithstanding the greatest and wisest men have laboured t...
ELSE WHAT SHALL THEY DO ... - The apostle here resumes the argument for the resurrection which was interrupted at 1 Corinthians 15:19. He goes on to state further consequences which must follow from t...
III. RESURRECTION AND THE HOPE OF THE CHURCH AND CONCLUSION: Chapter S 15-16 1. Resurrection and the Hope of the Church. CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The Gospel and the Resurrection of Christ. (1 Corinthians 1...
1 CORINTHIANS 15:29. Many interpretations have been offered. The most probable remains that given above. A view which deserves mention is that Paul is referring to those who are baptized for the sake...
JESUS' RESURRECTION AND OURS (1 Corinthians 15:1-58) 1 Corinthians 15:1-58 is both one of the greatest and one of the most difficult Chapter s in the New Testament. Not only is it in itself difficult...
BAPTIZED, &C. See 1 Corinthians 15:20. This question follows on from 1 Corinthians 15:19. BAPTIZED. being baptized. THE DEAD. App-139. WHY ARE THEY, &C. Read, why are they baptized also? (It is) fo...
_Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead_ St Paul now abruptly changes the subject, and appeals to the conduct of Christians as a witness to their belief. This is again a passage of ex...
1 Corinthians 15:1-58. THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION This chapter is one of the deepest and most mysterious in the Bible. It is the one exception to the statement in ch. 3 that St Paul was unable t...
_CHRIST'S RESURRECTION AND OUR RESURRECTION 1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-34:_ Paul declared that Jesus had been raised from the dead. His resurrection assures us that we too will be raised to life after death....
ΈΠΕΊ (G1893) иначе, ΤΊ (G5101) что. ΠΟΙΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. Здесь означает либо "для чего у них хватит сил?" либо "что они приобретут?" (RP). ΒΑΠΤΙΖΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. pass....
ELSE WHAT SHALL THEY DO, &C.— "Such are our views and hopes, as Christians; _else,_ if it were not so, _what should they do who are baptized_ in token of their embracing the Christian faith _in the ro...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Its Holiness (1 Corinthians 15:12-34) 12 Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if t...
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? ELSE - if there be no resurrection. WHAT SHALL THEY DO? - what prof...
12 The resurrection is the very fundamental of fundamentals. The death of Christ is essential to the evangel, yet it is not enough. A dead Christ cannot save. The resurrection is not only essential, b...
15:29 for (f-6) Or 'in place of,' 'in view of.' Lit. 'over.'...
_(F) THE FACT AND THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD_ Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this would...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 *RESURRECTION 15:1-58 The reason that Paul was writing about the *resurrection is in verse 12. Some Christians were saying that there i...
ELSE. — We can well imagine the Apostle pausing, as it were, to take breath after the splendid outburst of mingled rhetoric and logic which we find in 1 Corinthians 15:23; or perhaps even postponing u...
CHAPTER 21 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST I. ITS PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CREED PAUL having now settled the minor questions of order in public worship, marriage, intercourse with the heathen, and the othe...
There are certain conditions of interpretation bearing on the sense of the much discussed expression οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν which bar out a large number of attempted explanations: (_a_) οἱ βα...
THIS BODY THE SEED OF A GLORIOUS ONE 1 Corinthians 15:29 The anticipation of the final resurrection enabled the early Christians to endure incredible sufferings. As one rank fell martyred, another w...
The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were s...
Actions Which Cannot Be Explained Without a Resurrection If there was no life after death, why were people baptized for the dead. In view of Paul's use of pronouns in this chapter, it appears there w...
(15) Else what shall they do which are baptized (o) for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? (15) The fifth argument taken of the end of baptism, that is, b...
Who are baptized for the dead. [1] He still brings other proofs of the resurrection. This is a hard place, and the words are differently expounded. 1. Several late interpreters understand a metaphoric...
I. WITH THE FACT OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY CHRISTIAN SALVATION RISES OR FALLS. VERS. 1-34. The apostle's first care is to establish firmly the fact of the resurrection of Jesus, on which rests...
(29) Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? (30) And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? (31) I protest by your...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
29._Else what shall they do _He resumes his enumeration of the absurdities, which follow from the error under which the Corinthians labored. He had set himself in the outset to do this, but he introdu...
But other evils had found means to introduce themselves into the midst of the shining gifts which were exercised in the bosom of the flock at Corinth. The resurrection of the dead was denied. Satan is...
ELSE WHAT SHALL THEY DO WHICH ARE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD,.... The apostle here returns to his subject, and makes use of new arguments to prove the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, and reasons...
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? Ver. 29. _Which are baptized_] The several senses that are set upon this...
1 Cor. 15:29. "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?" The Apostle uses the third person plural, "What shall the...
_Else_, or _otherwise, what shall they do_ What will become of them? what shall they do to repair their loss, who are exposed to great sufferings in consequence of being _baptized for the dead_ That i...
This verse is connected in argument with verse 1 Corinthians 15:19. ELSE; if there is no resurrection, what is the advantage of being baptized and exposed to innumerable dangers, and even to death it...
ELSE WHAT SHALL THEY DO WHICH ARE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD, IF THE DEAD RISE NOT AT ALL? WHY ARE THEY, THEN, BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD?...
This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is th...
ELSE WHAT SHALL THEY DO THAT ARE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? IF THE DEAD ARE NOT RAISED AT ALL, WHY THEN ARE THEY BAPTIZED FOR THEM? 'Else' -'Otherwise' (NASV); 'if all that is stated in the preceding is...
20-34 All that are by faith united to Christ, are by his resurrection assured of their own. As through the sin of the first Adam, all men became mortal, because all had from him the same sinful natur...
OLBGrk; A very difficult text, and variously expounded. The terms baptize, and baptism, signify no more in their original and native signification, than to wash, and a washing: the _washing of pots an...
Else [i. e., if it were otherwise--if baptism were not an all-important factor in God's plan] _what shall they do that are baptized for_ [on account of, with reference to. For full discussion of this...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V But we will not be wanting (in some defence of the doctrine) even here, in consideration of such persons as are ignorant of that little treatise. "What," asks he, "s...
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'Else what shall they do who are baptised for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptised for them?' This first argument was possibly based on a custom at that time of bap...
_A Remonstrance,_ 29-34. 1 Corinthians 15:29. ELSE WHAT SHALL THEY DO WHICH ARE BAPTISED FOR THE DEAD, IF THE DEAD RISE NOT AT ALL? WHY ARE THEY THEN BAPTISED FOR THE DEAD? a most difficult verse, of...
ELSE (επε). Otherwise, if not true. On this use of επε with ellipsis see on 1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 7:14.WHICH ARE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD (ο βαπτιζομενο υπερ των νεκρων). This passage rem...
DEAD That is, who, through the introductory rite of baptism, are taking the places in the ranks left vacant by Christians who have died....
1 Corinthians 15:29 I. The first and chief puzzle of this passage is in the twenty-ninth verse. What is meant by being baptized for the dead? The meaning which most commends itself at least to the fa...
1 Corinthians 15:1. _Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand. By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory wh...
CONTENTS: The resurrection of Christ and the resurrection of believers resulting from it. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Cephas, James, Adam. CONCLUSION: The resurrection of Christ, together with Hi...
1 Corinthians 15:1. _I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you._ We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially the d...
WHO ARE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? If we knew the exact wording of the Corinthians' question, it would be easy to know exactly what Paul means. But we do know this is part of his logic in proving the dead...
_Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all._ BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD The baptized for the dead mean all those persons who, saved from a world of sin, from Pag...
1 CORINTHIANS 15:1 The Futility of Faith If the Dead Are Not Raised. Many people in the ancient Greco-Roman world believed that death ended life completely or led to a permanent but shadowy existence...
CHAPTER 15 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER He proves the resurrection of the dead against the false teachers who denied it: I. From the fact of Christ's resurrection. Thus (ver. 12) he gives the bearing of...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 15:20. HATH.—Emphasis here, not on “_now_” or “_Christ_.” Over against their doubts, and speculations, and “impossibilities,” Paul sets the one conclusive _fact_. FIRSTF...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1 _The doctrine of the resurrection. _This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently beautiful and...
Let's turn to I Corinthians, chapter 15. The Corinthian church was a real mess. A lot of carnality that led to divisions, a lot of party spirit, a real misunderstanding of the spiritual gifts, a lot o...
1 Corinthians 15:16; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 20:22; Romans 6:3; Romans 6:4...
What shall they do [τ ι π ο ι η σ ο υ σ ι ν]. What will they effect or accomplish. Not, What will they have recourse to? nor, How will it profit them? The reference is to the living who are baptized f...
HOW ARE THE DEAD RAISED UP? 1 Corinthians 15:29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29 1. THE FIRST...
Who are baptized for the dead — Perhaps baptized in hope of blessings to be received after they are numbered with the dead. Or, "baptized in the room of the dead" — Of them that are just fallen in the...
Doesn’t advocating baptism for the dead contradict Paul’s teaching that each person must believe individually? PROBLEM: Paul said, “what will they do who are baptized for the dead?” This seems to imp...
Expositors do vary exceedingly in the sense and interpretation of this difficult text: some understand it of. sacramental, some of. funeral, and some of. metaphorical baptism or washing. Those who un...