1 Corinthians 15:29 Commentary, explanation, 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? ”

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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,...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 bapt...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 h...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 what shall they do which are baptized for the dead - This is certai...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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? - wh...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(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 wo...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 15:23-28 ; or perhaps even post...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

This Body the Seed of a Glorious One 1 Corinthians 15:29-41 The anticipation of the final resurrection enabled the early Christians to endure incredible sufferings. As one rank fell martyred, a...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 you...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 reaso...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 t...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57. 20 But now is Christ risen...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'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 ba...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 ....
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

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 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29-32 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...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:1-2 . 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 memo...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 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 be...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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?
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:16 ; 1 Corinthians 15:32 ; Matthew 20:22 ; Romans 6:3 ; Romans 6:4
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

How Are the Dead Raised Up? 1 Corinthians 15:29-58 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29-34...
1 Corinthians 15:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 15:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes