KJV ORIGINAL
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?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Otherwise, what's the point of people getting baptized on behalf of those who've already died? If dead people don't actually come back to life, then why would anyone bother doing baptisms for them?
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Paul's calling out the inconsistency — you can't act like resurrection is real in one area but deny it in another.
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