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- June 21st, 2011, 9:11 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: 1 Cor 15.29
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Re: 1 Cor 15.29
This is indeed interesting, George. I wonder, however, whether this wouldn't have to involve a considerably later stage of institutionalization and construction of distinct edifices for worship well beyond the "house churches" generally assumed to be the context of Paul's letters to the C...
- June 21st, 2011, 1:45 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: 1 Cor 15.29
- Replies: 7
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1 Cor 15.29
Ἐπεὶ τί ποιήσουσιν οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν; εἰ ὅλως νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται, τί καὶ βαπτίζονται ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν; I am proposing an unusual unusual understanding for this verse. Thistleton (NIGTC, p 1240) gives a summary of views on its meaning Verse 29 is a notoriously difficult crux: the most “hot...