incorruption

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption....

From Was Man Created? by Mott, Henry A. (Henry Augustus)

If Jesus, therefore, rose in this higher body, and appeared to his disciples, it was to lift them above fear of death by showing that this corruptible must put on incorruption.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman

The perpetuity of atmosphere through transmitted feeling was far more absorbing than the other chimera, of incorruption.

From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph

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