Corrupted
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The term "corrupted" in the Bible often refers to the moral and spiritual degradation that occurs when individuals or societies turn away from God's commandments and embrace sin. This concept is prevalent throughout Scripture, illustrating the consequences of deviating from divine truth and righteousness.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, the idea of corruption is frequently associated with idolatry and moral decay. The Hebrew word often translated as "corrupt" is "shachath," which can mean to spoil, ruin, or pervert. In Genesis 6:11-12, the earth is described as being "corrupt" before God, filled with violence, leading to the judgment of the flood: "Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways."

The Israelites are repeatedly warned against corruption through idolatry and disobedience. In Deuteronomy 4:16, Moses cautions the people: "so that you do not act corruptly and make for yourselves an idol in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female." Here, corruption is linked to the abandonment of worshiping the one true God in favor of man-made images.

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, corruption is often discussed in the context of moral and spiritual purity. The Greek word "phtheiro" is used to describe corruption, which can imply moral decay or destruction. The Apostle Paul addresses the issue of corruption in several of his epistles. In 1 Corinthians 15:33, he warns, "Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good character.'" This highlights the influence of sinful associations on a believer's moral integrity.

Paul also contrasts the perishable, corruptible nature of the physical body with the imperishable, incorruptible nature of the resurrected body in 1 Corinthians 15:42: "So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable."

Spiritual Implications

Corruption in the biblical sense is not merely a physical or societal issue but a profound spiritual problem. It signifies a departure from God's holiness and an embrace of sin, leading to spiritual death. Romans 1:21-23 describes the process of corruption as humanity's rejection of God's truth: "For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles."

Redemption from Corruption

The Bible offers hope for redemption from corruption through Jesus Christ. Believers are called to live in the newness of life, free from the corruption of sin. In 2 Peter 1:4, Peter speaks of the divine promises that enable believers to "escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." Through faith in Christ, individuals are transformed and empowered to live in righteousness, reflecting God's holiness.

The concept of corruption serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin and the need for divine intervention through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(imp. & p. p.) of Corrupt.
Greek
4595. sepo -- to make corrupt, pass. become corrupt
... become corrupt NASB Word Usage rotted (1). be corrupted, perish. Apparently a primary
verb; to putrefy, ie (figuratively) perish -- be corrupted. ...
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2704. kataphtheiro -- to destroy entirely
... 2704 (from 2596 , ", according to," intensifying 5351 , "corrupt") -- properly,
corrupted all the way (ly degenerated); corrupted; to despoil, bringing to a ...
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1384. dokimos -- tested, approved
... 1383 (). 1384 () was used for the proving (testing) of coins, ie confirming
they were (not counterfeit, corrupted).]. Word Origin ...
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5351. phtheiro -- to destroy, corrupt, spoil
... root phther- Definition to destroy, corrupt, spoil NASB Word Usage corrupted (2),
corrupting (1), corrupts (1), destroy (1), destroyed (2), destroys (1), led ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7843. shachath -- perhaps to go to ruin
... 4), act...corruptly (1), acted corruptly (3), acted...corruptly (1), acting corruptly
(1), blemished animal (1), corrupt (8), corrupted (4), depravity (1 ...
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Library

Whether a Habit Can be Corrupted?
... HOW HABITS ARE CORRUPTED OR DIMINISHED (THREE ARTICLES) Whether a habit can be
corrupted? Objection 1: It would seem that a habit cannot be corrupted. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a habit can be 2.htm

Whether the Sacramental Species Can be Corrupted?
... OF THE ACCIDENTS WHICH REMAIN IN THIS SACRAMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether
the sacramental species can be corrupted? Objection 1: It ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the sacramental species can.htm

Nature which Cannot be Corrupted is the Highest Good; that which ...
... Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manich??ans. Chapter 6. "Nature Which
Cannot Be Corrupted is the Highest Good; That Which Can, is Some Good. ...
/.../chapter 6 name which cannot.htm

The Corrupted Nature of a More Excellent Order Sometimes Better ...
... Chapter 5. "The Corrupted Nature of a More Excellent Order Sometimes Better
Than an Inferior Nature Even Uncorrupted. But it may ...
/.../chapter 5 name corrupted nature.htm

Whether a Habit is Corrupted or Diminished through Mere Cessation ...
... HOW HABITS ARE CORRUPTED OR DIMINISHED (THREE ARTICLES) Whether a habit
is corrupted or diminished through mere cessation from act? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a habit is corrupted.htm

How Habits are Corrupted or Diminished (Three Articles)
... HOW HABITS ARE CORRUPTED OR DIMINISHED (THREE ARTICLES). ... (1) Whether a
habit can be corrupted? (2) Whether it can be diminished? ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/how habits are corrupted or.htm

"They have Corrupted Themselves; their Spot is not the Spot of his ...
... Sermon IV. "They have corrupted themselves; their spot is not the spot of his
children; they are a perverse and crooked generation.". Deut. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon iv they have corrupted.htm

And it was Manifested unto Me, that those Things be Good which yet ...
... Book VII Chapter XII And it was manifested unto me, that those things be
good which yet are corrupted? And it was manifested unto ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xii and it was.htm

But Let us Consider what are the Arguments by which He Tries to ...
... 17. But let us consider what are the arguments by which he tries to prove
that Origen's writings have been corrupted by the heretics. ...
/.../17 but let us consider.htm

One who had Betrothed a Maiden, Corrupted Her Sister...
... Canon XXV. One who had betrothed a maiden, corrupted her sister? One who had
betrothed a maiden, corrupted her sister, so that she conceived. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xxv one who had.htm

Thesaurus
Corrupted (28 Occurrences)
... & pp) of Corrupt. Multi-Version Concordance Corrupted (28 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians
7:2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. ...
/c/corrupted.htm - 15k

Corrupt (59 Occurrences)
... For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual
immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand." (Root in ...
/c/corrupt.htm - 25k

Flies (16 Occurrences)
... "the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies"; in Psalm 78:45, "He sent
among them swarms of flies, which devoured them." There has been much ...
/f/flies.htm - 15k

Depraved (12 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:5 wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth,
supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such; (See NAS RSV). ...
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Depravity (4 Occurrences)
... (n.) The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral ... (See NAS).
Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. ...
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Corruptly (20 Occurrences)
... 12 And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people
that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they ...
/c/corruptly.htm - 12k

Dealt (130 Occurrences)
... Exodus 32:7 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that
thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: (See ...
/d/dealt.htm - 37k

Lewd (37 Occurrences)
... 23:3 And they committed lewd deeds in Egypt; they committed lewd deeds in their
youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they were first corrupted. ...
/l/lewd.htm - 20k

Eve (5 Occurrences)
... In 2 Corinthians 11:3, Paul is urging loyalty to Christ, and he uses the temptation
of Eve to illustrate the ease with which one is corrupted. ...
/e/eve.htm - 16k

Vulgate
... is the old corrupted text, but that which is found in the Hexapla, and which we
are translating, is the same one which the version of the translators of the ...
/v/vulgate.htm - 38k

Resources
Have Christians corrupted the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Has the Bible been corrupted, altered, edited, revised, or tampered with? | GotQuestions.org

Total depravity - is it biblical? | GotQuestions.org

Corrupted: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Corrupted (28 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 7:2
Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ephesians 4:22
ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
(See NAS NIV)

1 Timothy 6:5
wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
(ASV DBY YLT)

2 Timothy 3:8
Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT)

Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
(See RSV NIV)

James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Jude 1:10
and these, as many things indeed as they have not known, they speak evil of; and as many things as naturally (as the irrational beasts) they understand, in these they are corrupted;
(YLT)

Jude 1:23
and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
(See NIV)

Revelation 19:2
for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand."
(WEB ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Genesis 6:12
God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 8:24
Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 32:7
Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 9:12
Yahweh said to me, "Arise, get down quickly from hence; for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 32:5
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
(KJV WBS)

Judges 2:19
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 14:1
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.
(DBY)

Psalms 53:1
{To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
(DBY)

Proverbs 25:26
As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,'so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
(ASV JPS)

Ezekiel 16:47
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
(KJV WBS)

Ezekiel 23:3
And they committed lewd deeds in Egypt; they committed lewd deeds in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they were first corrupted.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 23:8
Neither left she her lewd deeds brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they first corrupted her, and poured their impurities upon her.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 23:21
Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, by being corrupted by the Egyptians in thy youth.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish them for their sins.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!
(DBY)

Zephaniah 3:7
I said, "Just fear me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling won't be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her." But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Malachi 2:8
But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of Armies.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

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