incorruption

Example Sentences

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What I had seen was the point at which from corruption issues incorruption.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ancient Christian, inspired by the glorious doctrine of the resurrection, looked forward with ardent hope to the time when corruption should put on incorruption, and the mortal, immortality.

From The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome by Anonymous

In incorruption is the last and sealing word of this letter, which we have been so long studying together.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

By the change that has taken place, corruption has put on incorruption; the natural body has become a quickening spirit; death is swallowed up in victory.

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas

We have briefly touched upon these matters as well as the incorruption of his body, that the lofty nature of the man may be better known to our readers.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert