incorruption

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

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

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

Truly this is the strongest and strangest enchantment that can be, that you think to sow one thing and reap another thing, to sow darkness and reap light, to sow corruption and reap incorruption.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh