ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

1 Corinthians 15.24

Book: 1 Corinthians · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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ASV

22. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.

24. Then cometh the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

  1. For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. 26. The last enemy that shall be abolished is death. (1 Corinthians 15:22-26, ASV)
WEB

22. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.

24. Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

  1. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26. The last enemy that will be abolished is death. (1 Corinthians 15:22-26, WEB)
KJV

22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

24. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

  1. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:22-26, KJV)
YLT

22. for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive, 23. and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ's, in his presence,

24. then, the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power

  1. for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet 26. the last enemy is done away, death; (1 Corinthians 15:22-26, YLT)

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Setting

  • Speaker: Paul the Apostle, with Sosthenes named as co-sender
  • Audience: the church at Corinth, a divided congregation in a wealthy Roman colony
  • Location: written from Ephesus during the third missionary journey
  • Time period: c. AD 53-55

Theological reading

Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.

The verse sets the final term of the sequence begun at verse 23, and it introduces the subordination language treated at 1 Corinthians 15.24-28.

Two features. The kingdom is delivered rather than surrendered, and the participle is one of handing over, which is the language of a commission completed rather than an office lost. And the destruction of every rule and authority makes the mediatorial reign purposive: it exists to bring opposition to an end.

The sequence, Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to him at his coming, then the end, is the closest the New Testament comes to an ordered eschatological programme, and it is given in a chapter arguing for bodily resurrection rather than in a discourse on last things.

See Eschatology.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.