How We Translate Makes a Difference: In the First Letter to the Corinthians, an obscure verse (15:29) makes reference to a supposedly arcane practice among early Christians, the so-called “baptism for the dead.” Wikipedia has an excellent survey and analysis of this so-called ‘baptism,’ including references to early Christian writers and how they interpreted the verse, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_for_the_dead). Mormons still practice this form of proxy or vicariou