phthora denotes a perishable and destructive condition, including bodily decay and bondage associated with fleshly desire.

The occurrences chiefly describe a perishable condition opposed to incorruptibility, affecting the dead, flesh and blood, creation, and things consumed in use. Other verses place it in the setting of desire, fleshly sowing, and enslavement, portraying it as a destructive condition from which people escape or to which they are subject.

1. Perishable decay and destruction · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 15:42 the dative singular form occurs in the contrast between what is sown in a perishable state and what is raised in incorruption; 1 Corinthians 15:50 similarly sets the nominative singular form against incorruption. Romans 8:21 describes creation's slavery to this condition, while Colossians 2:22 speaks of things that perish with use; in 2 Peter 2:12 the supplied verse places the forms in a clause about being destroyed.

   1 Corinthians 15:421 Corinthians 15:50Romans 8:21Colossians 2:222 Peter 2:12
2. Destructive condition tied to desire and enslavement · common

   In 2 Peter 1:4 the genitive singular form names the condition in the world from which the recipients have escaped in connection with desire. Galatians 6:8 places the accusative singular form as the outcome reaped from sowing to one's own flesh, and 2 Peter 2:19 calls those who promise freedom slaves of this condition.

   2 Peter 1:4Galatians 6:82 Peter 2:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "corruption" in the supplied verses, especially in contrasts with "incorruption" and in descriptions of slavery or escape. It also renders the surrounding clauses with "perish" in Colossians 2:22 and "destroyed" in 2 Peter 2:12; Those variations show the verse-level presentation rather than separate fixed renderings.