Admittedly, many Christian scholars have
supported the Mormon interpretation of 1 Corinthians 15:29. Lutheran scholar
Krister Stendahl, Protestant scholar Gordon Fee, and historian Raymond E. Brown
have shown some agreement with Mormon interpretation of a proxy water baptism
for the dead. Brown has claimed that “some Christians would undergo baptism in
the name of their deceased non-Christian relatives and friends, hoping this
vicarious baptism might assure them a share in the redemption of Christ.” (Matthew
A. Paulson, Breaking the Mormon Code: A
Critique of Mormon Scholarship Regarding Classic Christian Theology and the
Book of Mormon [Livermore, Calif.: WingSpan Press, 2006, 2009], 122)