1 Corinthians 15:26 Meaning and Explanation
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does 1 Corinthians 15:26 Mean?
Paul names the last foe to fall: death. Of all the enemies Christ subdues, death is the final one, and it too will be destroyed. The whole chapter has been building to this, for the resurrection is precisely the undoing of death's power.
Death is treated not as a natural fact to accept but as an enemy to be overcome. Its destruction is the crowning act of Christ's victory. For the reader who has wept at a graveside, this is among the most hopeful verses in Scripture. The thing humanity fears most has an appointed end. In Christ, death itself will die.
1 Corinthians 15:26 in the Original Language
thanatos (θάνατος), 'death' -- death itself, here named as the last enemy to be overcome.
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What does 1 Corinthians 15:26 mean?
The final enemy to be destroyed is death itself.