1 Corinthians 15:29 -  Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?

The most notorious interpretation of 1 Corinthians 15:29 is the one advocated by Mormonism—that people who are alive on the Earth can be baptized, and the efficacy of that baptism then is offered to those who already have died and are in the spirit realm. Is this verse teaching proxy baptism as practiced by the Mormons?

Austin Maddox takes us through a study of this important topic in this 2 part series.