{"id":114478,"date":"2026-11-08T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114478"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:14:41","slug":"baptism-for-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/baptism-for-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Doop voor de doden: 1 Korinti\u00ebrs 15:29 en wie het beoefent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Baptism for the dead means a living person being baptized in water on behalf of someone who has already died. We get the phrase from a single verse, in which Paul is arguing with Christians at Corinth who doubted that the dead would rise: &quot;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?&quot; (1 Corinthians 15:29). He never tells us who those people\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Paul meant by baptism for the dead in 1 Corinthians 15:29, which churches practice it today, and what the early church and each tradition say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-114478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2368,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/bible-verses-baptism\/","url_meta":{"origin":114478,"position":0},"title":"19 Bible Verses About Baptism, and Where Christians Read Them Differently","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"maart 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Explore our curated list of 24 powerful Bible verses about baptism. 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