How should Christians navigate toxic relationships? That's just one of the questions we'll be

answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. Hi, it's Bill Meyer, along with Pastor

Adriel Sanchez. We pray that you had a wonderful weekend. This is the radio program where we

answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. And our phone lines are open. We're taking calls for the next 25 minutes or so. Here's the phone number. It's 833-the-core. That's 1-833-843-243-2673. You can also post your question on one of our social media sites, including on

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First up today, let's go to Bob calling in from Missouri.

Bob, what's your question for, Adriel?

Hello.

I have a question referring about 1st Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 29 about it says 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 and i was wondering why we, if we aren't being baptized for the dead or which dead

are they talking about.

Bob, excellent question. And this is one of those texts that's really confusing for a lot of people.

I know it's the basis for the idea of proxy baptism or being baptized for the dead in the Mormon

religion. But Christians reject that idea, the idea that you can be baptized on behalf of someone

who has died.

And so what exactly is Paul getting at here?

First, the context of 1 Corinthians 15 is really important.

What he's trying to do is establish the reality of the resurrection of the dead and the fact that we as followers of Jesus are going to rise from the dead too.

Because Jesus rose from the dead, his church, his people, those who have faith in him, are also going to rise from the dead too because Jesus rose from the dead his church,

his people, those who have faith in him are also going to rise from the dead. And so the resurrection

is central here. He's making arguments in favor of the resurrection of the dead. And he's highlighting

an inconsistency with regard to the practice of some people. We don't know who these people are,

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