1 Corinthians 15:26
New International Version
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

New Living Translation
And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.

English Standard Version
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Berean Standard Bible
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Berean Literal Bible
The last enemy to be abolished is death.

King James Bible
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

New King James Version
The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.

New American Standard Bible
The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

NASB 1995
The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

NASB 1977
The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

Legacy Standard Bible
The last enemy to be abolished is death.

Amplified Bible
The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death.

Christian Standard Bible
The last enemy to be abolished is death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The last enemy to be abolished is death.

American Standard Version
The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

Contemporary English Version
and the last enemy he destroys will be death.

English Revised Version
The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The last enemy he will destroy is death.

Good News Translation
The last enemy to be defeated will be death.

International Standard Version
The last enemy to be done away with is death,

Majority Standard Bible
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

NET Bible
The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

New Heart English Bible
The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

Webster's Bible Translation
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Weymouth New Testament
The last enemy that is to be overthrown is Death;

World English Bible
The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The last enemy is done away with—death.

Berean Literal Bible
The last enemy to be abolished is death.

Young's Literal Translation
the last enemy is done away -- death;

Smith's Literal Translation
The last enemy, death, is left unemployed.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the enemy death shall be destroyed last: For he hath put all things under his feet. And whereas he saith,

Catholic Public Domain Version
Lastly, the enemy called death shall be destroyed. For he has subjected all things under his feet. And although he says,

New American Bible
The last enemy to be destroyed is death,

New Revised Standard Version
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the last enemy death shall be destroyed.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
The last enemy, Death, shall be destroyed.

Godbey New Testament
Death the last enemy is destroyed.

Haweis New Testament
The last enemy shall be destroyed, death.

Mace New Testament
the last enemy that shall be destroyed, is death.

Weymouth New Testament
The last enemy that is to be overthrown is Death;

Worrell New Testament
As the last enemy, death is abolished;

Worsley New Testament
The last enemy that is destroyed is death:

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Context
The Order of Resurrection
25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.…

Cross References
Revelation 20:14
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

Hebrews 2:14
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

Romans 6:9
For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.

2 Timothy 1:10
And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Romans 5:12-21
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. / For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. / Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come. ...

Revelation 21:4
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, / neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Philippians 3:21
who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

2 Corinthians 5:4
For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

John 5:28-29
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.


Treasury of Scripture

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

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1 Corinthians 15
1. By Christ's resurrection,
12. he proves the necessity of our resurrection,
16. against all such as deny the resurrection of the body.
21. The fruit,
35. and the manner thereof;
51. and of the resurrection of those who shall be found alive at the last day.














The last enemy
This phrase introduces the concept of an adversary that remains even after others have been defeated. In the Greek, "eschatos" (last) signifies the finality and ultimate nature of this enemy. Historically, the idea of an "enemy" in Scripture often refers to forces opposed to God's will and His people. In the context of 1 Corinthians 15, Paul is addressing the ultimate victory of Christ over all opposition, emphasizing that this enemy is the final barrier to complete redemption and restoration.

to be destroyed
The Greek word "katargeo" is used here, meaning to render inactive or to abolish. This term suggests not just a defeat but a complete nullification of the enemy's power and influence. In the broader biblical narrative, this destruction is not merely a cessation but a transformation, where the power of the enemy is utterly dismantled by Christ's resurrection and eventual return.

is death
Death, in this context, is personified as an enemy, a concept rooted in the fall of man in Genesis. Theologically, death entered the world through sin, as described in Romans 5:12. In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul is affirming the hope of resurrection, where death's power is ultimately broken. The resurrection of Jesus is the firstfruits of this victory, promising believers that death will not have the final word. Historically, this assurance would have been profoundly comforting to the early Christians facing persecution and martyrdom, reinforcing their hope in eternal life through Christ.

Verse 26. - The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. This rendering might imply that other enemies should still exist, though Death should be the last who would be destroyed. The original is more forcible, and implies, "Last of enemies doomed to annulment is Death;" or, as in Tyndale's version, "Lastly, Death the enemy shall be destroyed;" or, as in the Rhemish Version, "And at the last, Death the enemy scal be distried." The present, "is being annulled," is the praesens futurascens, or the present of which the accomplishment is regarded as already begun and continuing by an inevitable law. Death and Hades and the devil, "who hath the power of death," are all doomed to abolition (2 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 2:14; Revelation 20:14).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[The] last
ἔσχατος (eschatos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2078: Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final.

enemy
ἐχθρὸς (echthros)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2190: Hated, hostile; subst: an enemy. From a primary echtho; hateful; usually as a noun, an adversary.

to be destroyed [is]
καταργεῖται (katargeitai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2673: From kata and argeo; to be entirely idle, literally or figuratively.

death.
θάνατος (thanatos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2288: Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.


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