1 Corinthians 15:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The last enemy to be destroyed is death.”
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BSBPD
“The last enemy to be destroyed is death.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“the last enemy is done away--death;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 15:26 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 25:8He 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 13:14I 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.
- Luke 20:36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
- 2 Timothy 1:10And 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,
- Hebrews 2:14Now 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,
- Revelation 20:14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
- 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.”
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