1 Corinthians 15:27-29
New English Translation
27 For he has put everything in subjection under his feet.[a] But when it says “everything” has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him. 28 And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead?[b] If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them?
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- 1 Corinthians 15:27 sn A quotation from Ps 8:6.
- 1 Corinthians 15:29 sn Many suggestions have been offered for the puzzling expression baptized for the dead. There are up to 200 different explanations for the passage; a summary is given by K. C. Thompson, “I Corinthians 15, 29 and Baptism for the Dead,” Studia Evangelica 2.1 (TU 87), 647-59. The most likely interpretation is that some Corinthians had undergone baptism to bear witness to the faith of fellow believers who had died without experiencing that rite themselves. Paul’s reference to the practice here is neither a recommendation nor a condemnation. He simply uses it as evidence from the lives of the Corinthians themselves to bolster his larger argument, begun in 15:12, that resurrection from the dead is a present reality in Christ and a future reality for them. Whatever they may have proclaimed, the Corinthians’ actions demonstrated that they had hope for a bodily resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:27-29
New International Version
27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[a](A) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.(B) 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,(C) so that God may be all in all.(D)
29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6
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