CORRUPTION

(See also Bribes; Crime; Dishonesty; Incorruption; Moral Breakdown; Wickedness)

abolition: mrt articles 44, 92; w17.04 11-12; w15 1/1 4-7; w12 10/1 7-8; w95 6/1 4-5

avoiding: w12 10/1 5-6; w03 12/1 13

Bible usage: it-1 1196-1197

Bible view: w00 5/1 5-6

bribes: it-1 365-366

Catholic Church (Middle Ages): sh 308-312

Christian congregation:

Peter’s warning (2Pe 2:1-22): it-2 416; w97 9/1 15-18

contributing factors: w00 5/1 3-4

corruptibleness: it-1 1196-1197

angels: it-1 1197

Jesus’ earthly body: it-1 1197

discussion: w12 10/1 3-8

“enslavement to” (Ro 8:21): it-1 596-597, 1197

end: it-1 1140; it-2 123, 249; w12 3/15 23; jr 181; wt 187-189

experiences:

gang member: w00 5/1 6-7

Judas Iscariot: it-2 129

leaven symbolic of: it-2 230; jy 140-141; gt chapter 58; w87 12/1 8-9

comment by Plutarch: it-2 230

not in illustration of leaven (Mt 13; Lu 13): w08 7/15 19

meaning of term: mrt article 44; w12 10/1 3

overcoming, in oneself: w00 5/1 5-7

political corruption: mrt article 92; w15 1/1 3-7; w86 8/15 6

China: g89 5/8 29

‘power corrupts’: cl 44

prevalence: w12 10/1 3; w00 5/1 3; g00 4/8 4; w95 6/1 3-4; w93 12/15 12

Britain: g96 7/8 19

Roman Empire: w00 5/1 4-5