Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
If it be not so, what can they effect who are baptized for the dead? if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for the dead?
New American Standard Bible
Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
King James Version
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?
Holman Bible
Otherwise what will they do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are people baptized for them?
International Standard Version
Otherwise, what will those people do who are being baptized because of those who have died? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they being baptized because of them?
A Conservative Version
Otherwise what will they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why then are they immersed for the dead?
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified
Otherwise, what will those do who are being
An Understandable Version
Otherwise [i.e., if there were no resurrection], what do people accomplish by being immersed for those who have [already] died? If dead people are not raised up at all, why then are people immersed on their behalf? [Note: The foregoing rendition is the most commonly held one of over
Anderson New Testament
For else, what shall those do, who are immersed for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why, then, are they immersed for the dead?
Bible in Basic English
Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them?
Common New Testament
Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are people baptized for them?
Darby Translation
Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if those that are dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them?
Godbey New Testament
Then what shall they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead rise not at all, why are they also baptized for them?
Goodspeed New Testament
Otherwise, what do people mean by having themselves baptized on behalf of their dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why do they have themselves baptized on their behalf?
John Wesley New Testament
Else what shall they do, who are baptized for the dead? If the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for them?
Julia Smith Translation
For what shall they do being immersed for the dead, if in fine the dead rise not? and why are they immersed for the dead?
King James 2000
Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Otherwise, why do they do [it], those who are being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why indeed are they being baptized on behalf of them?
Modern King James verseion
Otherwise, what will they do, those being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not at all raised, why indeed are they baptized on behalf of the dead?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Either, else what do they which are baptised over the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptised over the dead?
Moffatt New Testament
Otherwise, if there is no such thing as a resurrection, what is the meaning of people getting baptized on behalf of their dead? If dead men do not rise at all, why do people get baptized on their behalf?
Montgomery New Testament
Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are really not raised, why are they baptized for them?
NET Bible
Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them?
New Heart English Bible
Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
Noyes New Testament
If it be not so, what are they doing, who are baptized for the dead? If the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for them?
Sawyer New Testament
Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them?
The Emphasized Bible
Else, what will they do, who are being immersed in behalf of the dead? If, not at all, are the dead to be raised, why are they even being immersed in their behalf?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Else what will they do who are baptised? for the dead, if wholly dead they rise no more. Why are they then baptised for the dead?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Again, what good will they be doing who are baptized on behalf of the dead? If it is true that the dead do not rise, why are people baptized on their behalf?
Webster
Else what will they do, who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
Weymouth New Testament
Otherwise what will become of those who got themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why are these baptized for them?
Williams New Testament
Otherwise, what do those people mean who submit to being baptized on behalf of their dead? If the dead are never raised at all, why do they submit to being baptized on their behalf?
World English Bible
Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?
Worrell New Testament
Else what will those do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they even immersed for them?
Worsley New Testament
Besides, what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why then are they baptized for the dead?
Youngs Literal Translation
Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?
Themes
Interlinear
Epei
Poieo
Huper
ὑπέρ
Huper
for, of, above, for sake, on behalf, more than, in stead, than, very chiefest Trans, beyond, to, over, more, exceedingly abundantly , exceedingly , very highly ,
Usage: 138
Egeiro
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 15:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning The Resurrection Of The Dead
28 and when all things shall be reduced under subjection to him, then shall the son also himself be subject to him that put all things under his subjection, that God may be all in all. 29 If it be not so, what can they effect who are baptized for the dead? if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for the dead? 30 and why do we continually expose our lives to danger?
Names
Cross References
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.
Romans 6:3-4
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.
1 Corinthians 15:16
for if the dead are not raised, then was not Christ raised:
1 Corinthians 15:32
besides, my engaging with those monsters, as I may say, at Ephesus, what advantage was it to me? if the dead don't rise, "let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."