ἀφθαρσία

ἀφθαρσία — aphtharsía

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, 1Co 15:42 (ἐν ἀφθαρσία, namely, ὄν), 50, 53f; of a blessed immortality (Wis 2:23 Wis 6:19; 4Ma 17:12), Rom 2:7; 2Ti 1:10. τινα ἀγαπᾶν ἐν ἀφθαρσία to love one with never diminishing love, Eph 6:24 (cf. Meyer at the passage The word seems to have the meaning purity, sincerity, incorruptness in Tit 2:7 Rec.st).