Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Sin has brought death into the world, and we are baptized in the hope that our dead bodies will be raised again in the resurrection. If there is no resurrection, our baptism is meaningless and our bodies will remain as dead as they are now.
