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1 Corinthians 15

1 Cor. 15:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The last
eschatos (Greek #2078)
farthest, final (of place or time)
KJV usage: ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost.
Pronounce: es'-khat-os
Origin: a superlative probably from 2192 (in the sense of contiguity)
enemy
echthros (Greek #2190)
hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan)
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: ech-thros'
Origin: from a primary ἔχθω (to hate)
that shall be destroyed
katargeo (Greek #2673)
to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: abolish, cease, cumber, deliver, destroy, do away, become (make) of no (none, without) effect, fail, loose, bring (come) to nought, put away (down), vanish away, make void.
Pronounce: kat-arg-eh'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 691
s is death
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
thanatos (Greek #2288)
(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X deadly, (be...) death.
Pronounce: than'-at-os
Origin: from 2348
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Heb. 13:14• 14for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one. (Heb. 13:14)
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2 Tim. 1:10• 10but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings; (2 Tim. 1:10)
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Rev. 20:14• 14and death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:14)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Cor. 15:55• 55Where, O death, is thy sting? where, O death, thy victory? (1 Cor. 15:55)
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Isa. 25:8• 8He will swallow up death in victory. And the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken. (Isa. 25:8)
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Hos. 13:14• 14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death: where, O death, are thy plagues? where, O Sheol, is thy destruction? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. (Hos. 13:14)
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Luke 20:36• 36for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. (Luke 20:36)
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2 Tim. 1:10• 10but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings; (2 Tim. 1:10)
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Heb. 2:14• 14Since therefore the children partake of blood and flesh, he also, in like manner, took part in the same, that through death he might annul him who has the might of death, that is, the devil; (Heb. 2:14)
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Rev. 20:14• 14and death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:14)
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Rev. 21:4• 4And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall not exist any more, nor grief, nor cry, nor distress shall exist any more, for the former things have passed away. (Rev. 21:4)
• It is strictly "the end," when eternity, in the fullest sense, begins, the new heavens and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:20-28” by W. Kelly)
• Here then, as the effect of His power only, and not in connection with the communication of life, we find the resurrection of those who are not His; for the destruction of death is their resurrection. (“1 Corinthians 15” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The last enemy that is annulled is death.

W. Kelly Translation

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Death, last enemy, is to be done away.