1 Corinthians 15:26

New King James Version

The last enemy that will be destroyed 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.

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

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

²⁰ But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹ For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. ²³ But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming. ²⁴ Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵ For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. ²⁶ The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. ²⁷ For "He has put all things under His feet." Psalms 8:6">[fn] But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. ²⁸ Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. ²⁹ Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?

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.