1 Co. Chapter 15: Verses 1,2,3,9,10,11,12,14,15,17,19 Contains FIRST Person pronouns, "we" "our" "you" "your" "ye", Paul is speaking to his Christian audience about things that pertain to them.
1 Co 15:29 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?
Here Paul abruptly switches gear and refers to a group outside of the Christians he had been refering to throughout the whole chapter. He now uses the THIRD person pronoun "they", since he is refering to PAGANs and Heathens.
Here Paul abruptly switches gear and refers to a group outside of the Christians he had been refering to throughout the whole chapter. He now uses the THIRD person pronoun "they", since he is refering to PAGANs and Heathens.
Is Paul mentioning or teaching here? Is he questioning or putting forth an essential teaching? If Paul was endorsing the teaching he would have said "what shall WE do" instead he excludes himself from the practice in his use of "THEY"
He sure was not talking about "US" (meaning Christians)
As LDS you belong to the "THEY" group (NON Christians)
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Judy Taylor wrote:DAVEH: What ppl, Judy? Do you know to whom Paul was referring?Hi Blaine: The scripture that comes to mind is Isaiah 8:20 which (to paraphrase) says that doctrine can not conflict with what has already been revealed in the law and the prophets - baptizing for the dead certainly isn't part of that. Paulwas referring (1Cor 15:29) to something ppl
were involved in - he was not teaching this or making new doctrine. As for revelation.My belief is that God reveals to us what has already been written and noone has as yet even begun to plumb the depths of that. jt-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS.
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