1 Corinthians 15:26

Amplified Bible

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

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The last enemy to be destroyed will be death.

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

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The last enemye that shalbe destroyed is deeth.

Hebrew Names Version
The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

International Standard Version
The last enemy to be done away with is death,2 Timothy 1:10; Revelation 20:14;">[xr]

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

New Century Version
The last enemy to be destroyed will be death.

Update Bible Version
The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

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

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

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The last enemy that is destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And at the laste, deth the enemye schal be distried; for he hath maad suget alle thingis vndur hise feet.

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

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

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

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

Bible in Basic English
The last power to come to an end is death.

Complete Jewish Bible
The last enemy to be done away with will be death,

Darby Translation
[The] last enemy [that] is annulled [is] death.

Etheridge Translation
and the last enemy be abolished, (which is) death.

Murdock Translation
And the last enemy, death, will be abolished.

King James Version (1611)
The last enemie that shall be destroyed, is death.

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

New Life Bible
The last thing that will be destroyed is death.

New Revised Standard
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The last enemie that shalbe destroyed, is death.

George Lamsa Translation
And the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As a last enemy, death, is to be destroyed;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the enemy, death, shall be destroyed last: For he hath put all things under his feet. And whereas he saith:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The last enemie that shalbe destroyed, [is] death.

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

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

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

Lexham English Bible
The last enemy to be abolished is death.

Literal Translation
the last hostile thing made to cease is death.

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The last enemye that shal be destroyed, is death,

Mace New Testament (1729)
the last enemy that shall be destroyed, is death.

New English Translation
The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

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

Simplified Cowboy Version
The last enemy to fall will be death.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

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

Contextual Overview

²⁰But now [as things really are] Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, [and He became] the first fruits [that is, the first to be resurrected with an incorruptible, immortal body, foreshadowing the resurrection] of those who have fallen asleep [in death]. ²¹For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come. ²²For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. ²³But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's [own will be resurrected with incorruptible, immortal bodies] at His coming. ²⁴After that comes the end (completion), when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after He has made inoperative and abolished every ruler and every authority and power. ²⁵For Christ must reign [as King] until He has put all His enemies under His feet. ²⁶The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death.²⁷For HE (the Father) HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS (Christ's) FEET. But when He says, "All things have been put in subjection [under Christ]," it is clear that He (the Father) who put all things in subjection to Him (Christ) is excepted [since the Father is not in subjection to His own Son]. ²⁸However, when all things are subjected to Him (Christ), then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One (the Father) who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [manifesting His glory without any opposition, the supreme indwelling and controlling factor of life]. ²⁹Otherwise, what will those do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people even baptized for them?

Bible Verse Review
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1 Corinthians 15:55, Isaiah 25:8, Hosea 13:14, Luke 20:36, 2 Timothy 1:10, Hebrews 2:14, Revelation 20:14, Revelation 21:4

Reciprocal: Psalms 9:6 - destructions Hebrews 1:13 - until

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Not eternal death; for though that is abolished by Christ with respect to his own people, who shall never be hurt by it, and over whom it shall have no power; yet the wicked will always be subject to it, and under the dominion of it: but a corporeal one is here meant; which is an enemy, the fruit, effect, and wages of sin; the penalty and curse of the law; is contrary to human nature, and destructive of the work of God's hands: it is, indeed, through the blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ, become the friend of his people; it is disarmed of its sting, and ceases to be a penal evil; it is the saints' passage to glory, what frees them from the troubles of this world, and is their way to the joys of another; but yet in itself is formidable to nature, and disagreeable to it: and it is the last enemy; it is so both in its rise and duration; it appeared as an enemy last; Satan was the first enemy of mankind, who attacked, tempted, and ruined the first parents of human nature, and all their posterity in them; and by this means, sin, the next enemy, came into the world of men; and, last of all, death, with its numerous train of calamities, either going before, attending, or following of it: and as it was the last enemy that came into the world, it is the last that will go out of it; for when the saints are rid of Satan, and clear of sin, they will remain in the grave under the power of a corporeal death till the resurrection, and then that will be "destroyed": for the saints will be raised to an immortal life, never to die more, and to an enjoyment of everlasting life, in the utmost glory and happiness; and though the wicked when they rise, they will rise to damnation, to shame and contempt, yet their worm will never die, nor their fire be quenched; they will always live, though in torment, there will be no more corporeal death, neither among the righteous nor the wicked; it will be utterly abolished: and thus the apostle, though he seems to digress from his subject awhile, by relating the several things which will either immediately or quickly follow the second coming of Christ; yet at the same time has it in view, and proves the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, which must needs be, or death cannot be said to be destroyed, and by degrees returns to his subject again.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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 “subdue” or destroy death, and that would be by the resurrection. It would be:

(1) Because the resurrection would be a triumph over death, showing that there was one of greater power, and that the sceptre would be wrested from the hands of death.

(2) Because death would cease to reign. No more would ever die. All that should be raised up would live forever; and the effects of sin and rebellion in this world would be thus forever ended, and the kingdom of God restored. Death is here personified as a tyrant, exercising despotic power over the human race; and “he” is to be subdued.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. The last enemy — Death, shall be destroyed; καταργειται, 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 this is a proof, also, that after the resurrection there shall be no more death.