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David Garland has written a major new commentary on Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. His detailed study of one of the most important epistles in the New Testament is sure to become a standard resource for pastors, students, and scholars. The author’s wealth of knowledge and exhaustive research is evident in his exposition. To clarify the meaning of the text, he incorporates references...

benefits of their spirituality or their salvation to the dead (cf. 2 Macc. 12:43–45 in the additional note). Evidence exists that in pagan cults persons underwent rites in the place of others (BDAG 165), but three problems cause this particular interpretation to founder. First, although DeMaris’s study (1995a) demonstrates that an interest in the underworld existed in Corinth, it can provide no trace of evidence that anyone baptized on behalf of the dead. Tertullian (Marc. 5.10; De resurrectione
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