21 Bible Verses about No Decay
Most Relevant Verses
for which cause I am not discouraged, but tho' my body decays, yet my mind is daily renewed.
because thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, nor wilt thou give thine holy one a prey to corruption.
sell your possessions and give alms. lay up for yourselves a stock not subject to decay, a treasure in the heavens that will never fail, where no thief can approach, nor moth can spoil.
wherefore in another place he says, "thou shalt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption."
he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, when he said, "that his soul was not lest in the grave, neither did his body undergo corruption."'
and to show that he rais'd him from the dead, never more to return to corruption, he said thus, "I will faithfully perform the promises, which I made to David."
the honour due to God, who is immortal, they transferr'd to idols representing men, who are mortal, to birds, and beasts, and insects.
and therefore hope to be removed from this slavish condition of mortality to the free inheritance of divine glory.
every one that strives for the mastery, is extremely temperate: now, they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one.
such will be the resurrection of the dead: the body is sown corruptible, it will be raised incorruptible.
this I say, my brethren, because the body, as it is at present, cannot possess the kingdom of God; and what is corruptible, can't enjoy incorruptibility.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall rise incorruptible; but as for us, we shall be changed.
to the king of the world, the immortal, invisible, and the only God be honour and glory to endless ages. amen.
who alone is essentially immortal, dwelling in that inaccessible light, which no mortal ever saw, or can see: to whom belongs everlasting honour and empire. amen.
has now been display'd by the coming of Jesus Christ our saviour, who has defeated the power of death, by bringing a life of immortality to light thro' the gospel.
in the enjoyment of a state, that can never change or decay, a state reserv'd in heaven for us,
since your regeneration is not owing to any corruptible principles, but to the unchangeable word of the immortal God.
but in the internal qualities of the mind, in that purity, in that mild and dispassionate temper, which is so acceptable to the divine being.
that when the sovereign pastor shall appear, you may carry off a glorious crown, that will never fade.
by which we have receiv'd the most inestimable promises, that thereby you might become partakers of the divine perfections, after having escap'd from the corruption of a sensual world.
