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Strong's #861 - ἀφθαρσία
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- incorruption, perpetuity
- purity, sincerity, incorrupt
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ἀφθαρ-σία, ἡ,
I incorruption, immortality, Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.28U., Phld. D. 3.9, al., LXX Wisdom of Solomon 2:23, Ph 1.37, al., Romans 2:7, Simp. in Cael. 298.16, etc.
II integrity, sincerity, Ephesians 6:24.
ἀφθαρσία, ἀφθαρσίας, ἡ (ἄφθαρτος, cf. ἀκαθαρσία) (Tertullian and subsequent writingsincorruptibilitas, Vulg. incorruptio (andincorruptela)), incorruption, perpetuity: τοῦ κόσμου, Philo de incorr. round. § 11; it is ascribed to τό θεῖον in Plutarch, Aristotle, c. 6; of the body of man exempt from decay after the resurrection, 1 Corinthians 15:42 (ἐν ἀφθαρσία, namely, ὄν), 50, 53f; of a blessed immortality (Wis. 2:23 Wis. 6:19; 4 Macc. 17:12), Romans 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:10. τινα ἀγαπᾶν ἐν ἀφθαρσία to love one with never diminishing love, Ephesians 6:24 (cf. Meyer at the passage The word seems to have the meaning purity, sincerity, incorruptness in Titus 2:7 Rec.st).
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**† ἀφθαρσία , -ας , ἡ
(< ἄφθαρτος ),
[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 2:23; Wisdom of Solomon 6:19, 4 Maccabees 9:22; 4 Maccabees 17:12 *;]
incorruptibility, immortality: Romans 2:7, 1 Corinthians 15:42; 1 Corinthians 15:50; 1 Corinthians 15:53-54, 2 Timothy 1:10; ἀγαπώντων . . . ἐν ἀ ., Ephesians 6:24 (v. AR, in l).†
ἀ -φθορία , -ας , ἡ
(< φθείρω ),
[in LXX: Haggai 2:17 (H7711)*;]
uncorruptness: Titus 2:7 (Rec. ἀφθορία ).†
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An interesting example of this word occurs in the fragment of the Gnostic Gospel from the beginning of iv/A.D., P Oxy VIII. 1081.14 ff., where in contrast to the perishing of everything born of corruption (ἀπὸ φθορᾶς ) we find τὸ ] δ ̣ὲ γε [ι ]νόμεν [ον ἀπὸ ] ἀφ [θ ]αρσίας [οὐκ ἀπο ]γείν [εται ] ἀλλ [ὰ μ ]έν [ει ] ἄφ [θαρ ]τον ὡς ἀπὸ ἀ [φ ]θ [αρσία ]ς ̣ γ ̣εγονός . It is also quoted from Epicurus (60.8) τὴν μετὰ ἀφθαρσίας μακαριότητα : see Linde, p. 43, where other literary parallels are noted.
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