Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? — a cryptic reference to vicarious baptism on behalf of the deceased. Paul doesn't endorse the practice but uses it argumentatively: if believers practice such baptism, they implicitly believe in resurrection. The practice assumes the dead's resurrection is possible and beneficial.

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