(1Co 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?” In other words, (Rom_6:3) “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?” and (Rom 6:7) “For he that is dead is freed from sin. (8) Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:”