why also are they Baptized for the dead?" a man may probably inferre, as some have done, that in St. Pauls time, there was a custome by receiving Baptisme for the dead, (as men that now beleeve, are Sureties and Undertakers for the Faith of Infants, that are not capable of beleeving,) to undertake for the persons of their deceased friends, that they should be ready to obey, and receive our Saviour for their King, at his coming again;
Baina benetan hilak bizten ez badira, zertarako balio du haiengatik bataiatzeak?, norbaitek inferi dezake, batzuek egin ere egin duten moduan, San Pauloren garaian hilengatik bataioa hartzeko ohitura zegoela (orain helduak sinesteko gai ez diren haurtxoen fedearen bermatzaile diren moduan) eta hildako beren lagunen izenean gure Salbatzaileari obeditzea eta hura bigarren etorreran errege moduan hartzea bermatzekoa.