AO - Getting baptized for the dead is it Biblical?
Under construction AO - Getting baptized for the dead is it Biblical? [∞]
This is a great question to show the difference between the Greek way to study and the way to study the 2nd book.
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Let's collect some sources: Is there a baptism for the dead? ▸ ± 1Co 15:29 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? This is the verse that many use to justify their own practice of proxy baptisms; being baptized on behalf of a dead person. Rather than argue with them, we apply the Rules for interpretation: 1. Rule - Rigorous We are not permitted to make an interpretation with only one verse. 2. Rule - Complete It is a lazy interpretation since there is no attempt to sum up and include everything the Bible says about it. 3. Rule - Self examination When we start with a practice and attempt to justify it with scripture, our thought pattern is backwards. |
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Close reading
How do we know we are alive before baptism? Simple. We 'die' in baptism, which could not happen if we were not alive. [4]
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