5349 phthartos (fthar-tos');

from 5351; decayed, i.e. (by implication) perishable:

KJV-- corruptible.

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5351 phtheiro (fthi'-ro);

probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste); properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave):

KJV-- corrupt (self), defile, destroy.

CORRUPTION

Decay of the body and degradation of human life through the power of sin <2 Pet. 1:4>. But because of the resurrection of Christ our bodies, sown in corruption (subject to the decay and dissolution of organic matter), will be raised in incorruption <1 Cor. 15:42,50>.

(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)

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