1 Corinthians 15:26

1 Corinthians 15:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:26

24Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27For he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. 28When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

1 Corinthians 15:26 word by word

ἔσχατος ἐχθρὸς καταργεῖται ὁ θάνατος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
• enemyἐχθρόςechthros · enemyG2190
• shall be destroyedκαταργέωkatargeō · to abateG2673
• deathὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:26

• 1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
• Isaiah 25:8he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken.
• Hosea 13:14“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? “I will have no compassion,
• Luke 20:36and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.
• 2 Timothy 1:10but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
• Hebrews 2:14Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—
• Revelation 20:14Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
• Revelation 21:4‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26The last enemy - Death, shall be destroyed; , shall be counter-worked, subverted, and finally overturned. But death cannot be destroyed by there being simply no farther death; death can only be destroyed and annihilated by a general resurrection; if there be no general resurrection, it is most evident that death will still retain his empire. Therefore, the fact that death shall be destroyed assures the fact that there shall be a general resurrection; and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death - The other foes of God should be subdued “before” the final resurrection. The enmity of the human heart should be subdued by the triumphs of the gospel. The scepter of Satan should be broken and wrested from him. The false systems of religion that had tyrannized over people should be destroyed. The gospel should have spread everywhere, and the world be converted to God. And nothing should remain but to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-34Verses 20-34 All that are by faith united to Christ, are by his resurrection assured of their own. As through the sin of the first Adam, all men became mortal, because all had from him the same sinful nature, so, through the resurrection of Christ, shall all who are made to partake of the Spirit, and the spiritual nature, revive, and live for ever. There will be an order in the resurrection. Christ himself has been the first-fruits; at his coming, his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-28Christ is the Lord of everything, including death. However, he is still under the authority of God, his Father.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. shall be--Greek, "is done away with" (Re 20:14; compare Re 1:18). It is to believers especially this applies (1Co 15:55-57); even in the case of unbelievers, death is done away with by the general resurrection. Satan brought in sin, and sin brought in death! So they shall be destroyed (rendered utterly powerless) in the same order (1Co 15:56; He 2:14; Re 19:20; 20:10, 14).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 15:26

• Body
• Church
• Death
• Immortality
• Resurrection
• War
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

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• Flesh
• Immortality
• Incorruption
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings