1 Corinthians 15:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 15:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 15:26 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 15:26 — KJV
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:26 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 15:26 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 15:26
“Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! me: Heb. my soul, or, my life”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 15:26: last, death
“The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 15:26: last, enemy
“If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; cities: or, jurisdiction”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 15:26: last, enemy
“For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. to be destroyed...: Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 15:26: enemy, destroyed
“O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. O thou...: or, The destructions of the enemy are come to a perpetual end: and their cities hast thou destroyed, etc”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 15:26: enemy, destroyed
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