The Last Enemy Destroyed

The Last Enemy Destroyed

20 a   Co-occurrence                            But now ^vChrist is risen from the dead, and has become

     b   Characterization                              ^wthe firstfruits of those who have ⁴fallen asleep.

21 a   Reason (20a)                                         For ^xsince by man came death,

     b   Implication                                      ^yby Man also came the resurrection of the dead.

22 a   Reason (21b)                                        For as in Adam all die,

     b   Comparison                                          even so in Christ all shall ^zbe made alive.

23 a   Elaboration                                           But ^aeach one in his own order:

     b   Affirmation                                          Christ the firstfruits,

     c   Subsequent                                           afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.

24 a   Subsequent                                           Then comes the end,

     b   Characterization                                        when He delivers ^bthe kingdom to God the Father,

     c   Characterization                                        when He puts an end to all rule

     d   List-Item                                                        and all authority

     e   List-Item                                                        and power.

25 a   Reason                                                           For He must reign

     b   Ultimate                                                              ^ctill He has put all enemies under His feet.

26      Pronouncement                                                   ^dThe last enemy that will be destroyed is death.

27 a   Quotation                                                                 For ^e“He has put all things under His feet.”

     b   Co-occurrence (c)                                                          But when He says “all things are put under

          Supplied                                                                        Him,” it is

     c   Interpretation                                                           evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted.

28 a   Co-occurrence (b)                                                          ^fNow when all things are made subject to Him,

     b   Experience                                                                then ^gthe Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him,

     c   Purpose                                                                         that God may be all in all.^[1]

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^v Acts 2:24; 1 Pet. 1:3

^w Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:23; Rev. 1:5

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^x Gen. 3:19; Ezek. 18:4; Rom. 5:12; 6:23; Heb. 9:27

^y John 11:25

^z [John 5:28, 29]

^a [1 Thess. 4:15–17]

^b [Dan. 2:44; 7:14, 27; 2 Pet. 1:11]

^c Ps. 110:1; Matt. 22:44

^d [2 Tim. 1:10; Rev. 20:14; 21:4]

^e Ps. 8:6

^f [Phil. 3:21]

^g 1 Cor. 3:23; 11:3; 12:6

^[1] The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982. Print.