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# Or else what will those do who are baptized for the dead?
"Otherwise it would be useless for Christians to receive baptism for the dead."
# If the dead are not raised at all, why are they baptized for them?
Apparently people were being baptized for the dead. They did so because they believed the dead would be raised.
# If the dead are not raised at all
"If God does not raise the dead at all"
# are not raised
"are not caused to live again"
# why are they baptized for them?
"there would be no reason for them to have people baptize them on behalf of dead people."