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Otherwise,Ἐπεὶwhatτίwill they do,ποιήσουσινthose whoοἱare being immersedβαπτιζόμενοιforὑπὲρthe dead?τῶν νεκρῶνIfεἰthe deadνεκροὶare notοὐκraisedἐγείρονταιat all,ὅλωςwhyτίare they alsoκαὶbeing immersedβαπτίζονταιforὑπὲρthem?αὐτῶν
1 Corinthians 15:29
Study it in the app“Otherwise, what will they do, those who are being immersed for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they also being immersed for them?”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 15:29, word by word
- will they doποιήσουσινpoiēsousin
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsousin” appears- are being immersedβαπτιζόμενοιbaptizomenoi
immerse
To put someone into water; "baptize" comes from it.
Where else “baptizomenoi” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- raisedἐγείρονταιegeirontai
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egeirontai” appears- at allὅλωςholōs
at all, actually
Altogether, actually; with a negative, not at all.
Where else “holōs” appears
Translation note
The text does not explain what practice it refers to.
The context
28And when all things have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected all things to him, so that God may be all in all.
29 · This verse (above)
30Why are we also in danger every hour?