incorruption

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Speaking again of the body, he says: "It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in 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

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

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.