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) for the dead. It is to remain dead, as Christ remains, if there be no resurrection, 1 Corinthians 15:13. The argument is, What is the use of being baptized, if it is only to remain dead? No suggestion here of the vicarious baptism which sprang up later among the Marcionites and others.