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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Gill's Exposition
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus,.... This is one of the particulars of the jeopardy and danger of life he had been in: some understand this in a figurative sense, and…
Barnes' Notes
Else what shall they do ... - The apostle here resumes the argument for the resurrection which was interrupted at 1Co 15:19. He goes on to state further consequences which must follow from the denial…
Adam Clarke
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead - This is certainly the most difficult verse in the New Testament; for, notwithstanding the greatest and wisest men have labored to explain it,…
In this passage the apostle establishes the truth of the resurrection of the dead, the holy dead, the dead in Christ,
I. On the resurrection of Christ. 1. Because he is indeed the first-fruits of…
Cambridge Bible
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead St Paul now abruptly changes the subject, and appeals to the conduct of Christians as a witness to their belief. This is again a passage of…
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