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27 “For God[a] has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “All things are put in subjection under him,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things under him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be everything to every one.

29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Greek he
  2. 15.29 Apparently a custom of vicarious baptism for those who had died without it. Paul mentions it without approving it.

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