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From a few other translations we note the following:

• Amplified—Those who walk after the flesh and indulge in the lust of polluting passion.

• Bible in Basic English—Those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh.

• Good News Bible—Those who follow their filthy bodily lusts.

• Weymouth—Those who are abandoned to sensuality—craving, as they do, for polluted things.

• Phillips—Those who have indulged in all the foulness of their lower natures.

The word “corrupt” (Greek—miasmos) is defined by Thayer’s Lexicon as that which defiles; vices the foulness of which contaminates one in his contact with the ungodly mass of mankind.” The saints of God in our age can be polluted by those in our midst who are regularly engaging in sinful behavior. This word was later translated by Webster as “poisonous vapor formerly supposed to arise from decomposing animal or vegetable matter, swamps, etc. and infect the air.” It is as if noxious, poisonous vapors could infect those who came into those swamplands and the surrounding fog would hinder him from escaping and he would slowly die from the poison.

That is an excellent picture of the spiritual climate that we are living in during our times. The whole atmosphere of this world reeks of carnality and the enemy desires to siphon the spiritual life out of us on a daily basis. The modern apostolic church is engulfed by this “miasma” of corruption. The greater alarm is that most saints aren’t nearly as concerned about being in fellowship with the Lord as they think they are.

The other word, “corruption” (Greek—phthora) is defined by Thayer’s as “1) corruption, destruction, perishing; 1a) that which is subject to corruption, what is perishable; 1b) in the Christian sense, eternal misery in hell; 2) in the NT, in an ethical sense, corruption, i.e. moral decay.” The following passages give us an idea of how that the word is used in other places:

• Galatians 6:8—For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption (phthora). . .

• 2 Peter 1:4—For. . . you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption (phthora) that is in the world by lust.

• 1 Corinthians 3:17—If any man destroys (phtherio) the temple of God, God will destroy (phtherio) him. . .

• 1 Corinthians 15:33—Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts (phtheiro) good morals.”

• 2 Corinthians 11:3—But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, you minds will be led astray (phtheiro) from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

• Revelation 19:2—He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting (phtheiro) the earth with her immorality. . .

This is the kind of spiritual atmosphere that you are up against in our times. This is obviously the kind of climate the Lot was immersed in Sodom and Gomorrah. If a carnal man spends time sowing to his fleshing and indulging in sin there will be a deep working corruption that settles in on his soul. Don’t lose your fear of sin!!!