1 Corinthians 15:29

1 Corinthians 15:16; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 20:22; Romans 6:3; Romans 6:4

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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...
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 fif...
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 Pa...
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...
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....
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 d...
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 i...
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 ther...
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 C...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Baptized for the dead ] a very obscure allusion. There was somewhat later a practice, among certain sects of vicarious baptism; when a man died unba...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The practical effects of the doctrine of the Resurrection. The Resurrection alone gives an adequate motive for ( a ) baptism for the dead; ( b ) ru...
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...
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 23 CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING RESURRECTION IN endeavoring to restore among the Corinthians the belief in the resurrection of the body, Paul...
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 i...
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 h...
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 stan...
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 d...
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...
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...
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 resurrectio...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57....
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,...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Further Arguments For The Necessity of Resurrection (15:29-34). The assumption behind what follows is the belief among some of the Corinthians tha...
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 “impos...
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.
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? T...
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 sta...
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 sta...
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 sta...
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 epit...
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 t...
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 a...
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?
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The effect of unbelief in the doctrine of the resurrection:
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 openi...
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 ro...

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?

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 15:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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