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1 Corinthians 15:29

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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?
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  1. Romans 6:3–4Rank 1 from verse 29
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    3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

    4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

  2. 1 Corinthians 15:16Rank 2 from verse 29
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    16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:32Rank 3 from verse 29
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    32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

  4. Matthew 20:22Rank 4 from verse 29
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    22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

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1 Corinthians 15:29

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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rise

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To get up, stand, ascend, increase, begin, appear, come forth, awaken, proceed to act or oppose, attain authority, or return from the dead.

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28And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

29Else 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?

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30And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

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