Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

Bible References

What

1 Corinthians 15:16
for if the dead are not raised, then was not Christ raised:
Romans 6:3
don't you know that when we were all baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, we were plunged into a state figurative of his death.
Matthew 20:22
but Jesus answered them, ye know not what ye ask. can ye bear to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? they said to him, we can.