incorruption

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

We must contemplate these pleasures as seriously as we do the pain of sense in the reprobate, only avoiding the introduction of anything gross or carnal, and, therefore, repugnant to a state of incorruption.

From The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by Boudreaux, F. J.

The Jewish high priests wore a linen garment of the purest byssus—which was a symbol of firmness, incorruption, and of the clearest splendour, for fine linen is very difficult to tear.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

From Luther's Small Catechism Explained in Questions and Answers by Sverdrup, H. U.

"Now I say, brethren," the voice went on, "that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."

From Stubble by Looms, George