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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?

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Else (επε). Otherwise, if not true. On this use of επε with ellipsis see on 5:10; 7:14.

Which are baptized for the …

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Else what shall they do, etc. (1 Corinthians 15:29). The apostle here resumes the argument for the resurrection which was inte…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Else.—We can well imagine the Apostle pausing, as it were, to take breath after the splendid outburst of mingled rhetoric and logi…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Paul now returns to his argument for the resurrection of the dead. There is a special difficulty in understanding v.29 because we do not know the b…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Else what shall they do? He resumes his enumeration of the absurdities that follow from the error under which the Corinthians were laborin…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, etc.] The apostle here returns to his subject, and makes use of new argume…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

All who are by faith united to Christ are by His resurrection assured of their own resurrection. Just as through the sin of the first Adam all huma…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After showing the resurrection of the dead from the resurrection of Christ, the Apostle then shows the resurrection of the dead from the life of th…

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