incorruption

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality....

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert

Oh, would I could tell you how joyfully I shall put off corruption for incorruption, and exchange mortality for immortality!

From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality; then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

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