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But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. <a href="/esv/galatians/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. <a href="/bsb/galatians/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. <a href="/blb/galatians/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For the one sowing to his own flesh, from the flesh will reap decay. But the one sowing to the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. <a href="/kjv/galatians/6.htm">King James Bible</a> For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. <a href="/nkjv/galatians/6.htm">New King James Version</a> For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. <a href="/nasb_/galatians/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For the one who sows to his own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. <a href="/nasb/galatians/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. <a href="/nasb77/galatians/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life. <a href="/lsb/galatians/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. <a href="/amp/galatians/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For the one who sows to his flesh [his sinful capacity, his worldliness, his disgraceful impulses] will reap from the flesh ruin and destruction, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. <a href="/csb/galatians/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. <a href="/hcsb/galatians/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. <a href="/asv/galatians/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life. <a href="/cev/galatians/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> If you follow your selfish desires, you will harvest destruction, but if you follow the Spirit, you will harvest eternal life. <a href="/erv/galatians/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life. <a href="/gwt/galatians/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> If you plant in [the soil of] your corrupt nature, you will harvest destruction. But if you plant in [the soil of] your spiritual nature, you will harvest everlasting life. <a href="/gnt/galatians/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> If you plant in the field of your natural desires, from it you will gather the harvest of death; if you plant in the field of the Spirit, from the Spirit you will gather the harvest of eternal life. <a href="/isv/galatians/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit. <a href="/msb/galatians/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. <a href="/net/galatians/6.htm">NET Bible</a> because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. <a href="/nheb/galatians/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap everlasting life. <a href="/wbt/galatians/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For he that soweth to his flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall from the Spirit reap life everlasting. <a href="/wey/galatians/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He who sows in the field of his lower nature, will from that nature reap destruction; but he who sows to serve the Spirit will from the Spirit reap the Life of the Ages. <a href="/web/galatians/6.htm">World English Bible</a> For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/galatians/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh will reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit will reap continuous life; <a href="/blb/galatians/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For the one sowing to his own flesh, from the flesh will reap decay. But the one sowing to the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. <a href="/ylt/galatians/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during; <a href="/slt/galatians/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For he sowing to his flesh of the flesh shall reap corruption; but he sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/galatians/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh, of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit, of the spirit shall reap life everlasting. <a href="/cpdv/galatians/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life. <a href="/nabre/galatians/6.htm">New American Bible</a> because the one who sows for his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows for the spirit will reap eternal life from the spirit. <a href="/nrsvce/galatians/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/galatians/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> He who sows things of the flesh, from the flesh shall reap corruption; he who sows things of the Spirit, from the Spirit shall reap life everlasting. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/galatians/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Whoever sows to the flesh reaps destruction from the flesh, and whoever sows to The Spirit shall reap eternal life from The Spirit.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/galatians/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For he that sows for his flesh shall from the flesh, reap corruption; but he that sows for his spirit shall from the Spirit reap life eternal. <a href="/godbey/galatians/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> because the one sowing to his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but the one sowing to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap eternal life. <a href="/haweis/galatians/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For he that soweth unto his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption, and he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. <a href="/mace/galatians/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> he that soweth to his vices, shall reap the deadly fruit of his vices; but he that sows to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap everlasting life. <a href="/wey/galatians/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He who sows in the field of his lower nature, will from that nature reap destruction; but he who sows to serve the Spirit will from the Spirit reap the Life of the Ages. <a href="/worrell/galatians/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> because he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life eternal. <a href="/worsley/galatians/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> He then, who soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he, that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. <a href="/parallel/galatians/6-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8Ri4CeT34?start=1242" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/galatians/6.htm">Carry One Another's Burdens</a> …7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. 8<a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The one</a> <a href="/greek/4687.htm" title="4687: speirōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.">who sows</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to please</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heautou (RefPro-GM3S) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">his</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarka (N-AFS) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">flesh,</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarkos (N-GFS) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">flesh</a> <a href="/greek/2325.htm" title="2325: therisei (V-FIA-3S) -- To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest.">will reap</a> <a href="/greek/5356.htm" title="5356: phthoran (N-AFS) -- Corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition. From phtheiro; decay, i.e. Ruin.">destruction;</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">but</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the one</a> <a href="/greek/4687.htm" title="4687: speirōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.">who sows</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to please</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4151.htm" title="4151: Pneuma (N-ANS) -- Wind, breath, spirit. ">Spirit,</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4151.htm" title="4151: Pneumatos (N-GNS) -- Wind, breath, spirit. ">Spirit</a> <a href="/greek/2325.htm" title="2325: therisei (V-FIA-3S) -- To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest.">will reap</a> <a href="/greek/166.htm" title="166: aiōnion (Adj-AFS) -- From aion; perpetual.">eternal</a> <a href="/greek/2222.htm" title="2222: zōēn (N-AFS) -- Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.">life.</a> 9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Romans 8:13</a> For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. <a href="/hosea/10-12.htm">Hosea 10:12</a> Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain. <a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6</a> Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. <a href="/job/4-8.htm">Job 4:8</a> As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. <a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm">Proverbs 11:18</a> The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward. <a href="/james/3-18.htm">James 3:18</a> Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness. <a href="/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24-30</a> Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. / But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away. / When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared. ... <a href="/john/6-63.htm">John 6:63</a> The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a> So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. / It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. / It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. <a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">2 Peter 2:12</a> These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed. <a href="/philippians/3-18.htm">Philippians 3:18-19</a> For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. / Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. <a href="/romans/6-21.htm">Romans 6:21-23</a> What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death. / But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. / For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. <a href="/1_john/2-17.htm">1 John 2:17</a> The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. <a href="/matthew/7-16.htm">Matthew 7:16-20</a> By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. ... <a href="/isaiah/3-10.htm">Isaiah 3:10-11</a> Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. / Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.soweth to his.<a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Romans 6:13</a> Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.<a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Romans 8:13</a> For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.<a href="/romans/13-14.htm">Romans 13:14</a> But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.reap.<a href="/proverbs/22-8.htm">Proverbs 22:8</a> He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.<a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Jeremiah 12:13</a> They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.<a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Hosea 10:13</a> Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.soweth to the.<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a> Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.<a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Psalm 126:5,6</a> They that sow in tears shall reap in joy… <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:6</a> In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.of the Spirit.<a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">Matthew 19:29</a> And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.<a href="/luke/18-30.htm">Luke 18:30</a> Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.<a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14,36</a> But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/galatians/1-5.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-50.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/galatians/5-15.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/romans/16-26.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-16.htm">Field</a> <a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/galatians/3-15.htm">Life</a> <a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/galatians/5-17.htm">Please</a> <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Reap</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-15.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Soweth</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">Sowing</a> <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Sows</a> <a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">Spirit</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-7.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-4.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/philippians/1-28.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-11.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-13.htm">Field</a> <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm">Life</a> <a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-5.htm">Please</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-8.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Reap</a> <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-8.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-7.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">Soweth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-37.htm">Sowing</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Sows</a> <a href="/galatians/6-18.htm">Spirit</a><div class="vheading2">Galatians 6</div>1. <a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">He moves them to deal mildly with a brother who has slipped,</a> 2. <a href="/galatians/6-2.htm">and to bear one another's burden;</a> 6. <a href="/galatians/6-6.htm">to be generous to their teachers,</a> 9. <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">and not weary of well-doing.</a> 12. <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">He shows what they intend that preach circumcision.</a> 14. <a href="/galatians/6-14.htm">He glories in nothing, save in the cross of Christ.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, "flesh" often symbolizes the sinful nature of humanity, as seen in <a href="/romans/8-5.htm">Romans 8:5-8</a>. The concept of "sowing" is agricultural, drawing from the agrarian society of the time, where planting seeds was a common activity. This metaphor illustrates the principle of cause and effect in moral and spiritual life. The idea is that investing in sinful desires leads to negative outcomes, aligning with the broader biblical teaching on the consequences of sin.from the flesh will reap destruction The term "destruction" here signifies the ultimate outcome of living according to the flesh, which is spiritual ruin and separation from God. This echoes the warnings found in <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>, where the wages of sin is death. The imagery of reaping destruction underscores the inevitability of consequences for sinful living, much like a harvest follows sowing. Historically, this reflects the Jewish understanding of divine justice, where actions contrary to God's will lead to judgment.but the one who sows to please the Spirit In contrast, this phrase highlights actions and decisions aligned with the Holy Spirit's guidance. "Sowing to please the Spirit" involves living a life characterized by the fruits of the Spirit, as outlined in <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>. This reflects a life of obedience and submission to God's will, emphasizing spiritual growth and maturity. The Spirit's role in the believer's life is central to Paul's teachings, as seen in <a href="/romans/8-14.htm">Romans 8:14</a>, where those led by the Spirit are called children of God.from the Spirit will reap eternal life "Eternal life" is the ultimate reward for living according to the Spirit, signifying a relationship with God that transcends physical death. This promise is consistent with the teachings of Jesus in <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> and <a href="/john/6-63.htm">John 6:63</a>, where eternal life is presented as a gift from God through faith. The concept of reaping eternal life emphasizes the positive outcomes of a Spirit-led life, contrasting with the destruction associated with living according to the flesh. This reflects the biblical theme of redemption and the hope of resurrection, central to Christian eschatology.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Galatians, addressing the churches in the region of Galatia. 2. <a href="/topical/g/galatia.htm">Galatia</a> A region in modern-day Turkey where Paul established several churches during his missionary journeys. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_galatian_churches.htm">The Galatian Churches</a> The recipients of Paul's letter, who were struggling with issues of legalism and the influence of Judaizers. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_judaizers.htm">The Judaizers</a> A group of Jewish Christians who insisted that Gentile converts must adhere to Jewish law, including circumcision. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_holy_spirit.htm">The Holy Spirit</a> The third person of the Trinity, who empowers believers to live according to God's will.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_flesh_and_the_spirit.htm">Understanding the Flesh and the Spirit</a> Recognize the ongoing battle between the desires of the flesh and the leading of the Spirit. The Greek word for "flesh" (sarx) often refers to the sinful nature, while "Spirit" (pneuma) refers to the Holy Spirit's influence. <a href="/topical/t/the_principle_of_sowing_and_reaping.htm">The Principle of Sowing and Reaping</a> Embrace the biblical principle that our actions have consequences. Sowing to the flesh leads to destruction, while sowing to the Spirit leads to eternal life. <a href="/topical/l/living_by_the_spirit.htm">Living by the Spirit</a> Cultivate a lifestyle that prioritizes spiritual growth and obedience to the Holy Spirit. This involves regular prayer, Bible study, and fellowship with other believers. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> Keep an eternal perspective in mind, understanding that our choices have implications beyond this life. Sowing to the Spirit aligns with God's eternal purposes. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_legalism.htm">Guarding Against Legalism</a> Avoid the trap of legalism by focusing on a relationship with Christ rather than mere rule-following. True spiritual growth comes from the Spirit, not adherence to the law.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_galatians_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Galatians 6</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_deem_immoral.htm">What are the consequences of our actions according to scripture?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_main_conflict_in_the_enemy_within.htm">What is the central conflict in The Enemy Within?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'reap_the_whirlwind'_mean.htm">What does 'sow the wind, reap the whirlwind' mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_galatians_6_7.htm">What is the meaning of Galatians 6:7?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/galatians/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) He that soweth to his flesh.--The seed sown is a man's actions here on earth. If the object of those actions is merely self-indulgence, they are, as it were, sown in a field the owner of which is the flesh (i.e., the lower, carnal self). The flesh alone benefits by them, and for it alone are they garnered up.Shall of the flesh reap corruption.--If such has been a man's conduct, he must look to the flesh for his reward, and all the reward it can give him will be a share in its own corruption. The flesh perishes, and so shall the fruit of his actions perish, and "leave not a wrack behind."He that soweth to the Spirit . . .--On the other hand, where all the actions are like seed deposited in the field of which the owner and lord is the Spirit, that same Spirit will reward them in the world to come with the gift of everlasting life.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/galatians/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption (o%ti o( spei/rwn ei) th\n sa/rka e(autou = e)k th = sarko\ qeri/sei fqora/n); for he that soweth unto his own flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption. "Fort" the causal force of the particle ὅτι, properly "because," is here greatly attenuated, being employed to introduce a sentence commending to acceptance the foregoing one, simply by a detailed exposition of particulars illustrating its meaning. This is the case also in <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:14</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a>; <a href="/ephesians/2-18.htm">Ephesians 2:18</a>; <a href="/philippians/4-16.htm">Philippians 4:16</a>. In regard to the connection of this first half of the eighth verse with the preceding context, we must take note of the sternly monitory tone which marks ver. 7. This shows that in the sentence, "whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap," the apostle has more immediately in view the terrible harvest to be reaped by those who acted as if they thought that God might be overreached. We may infer from this that this first clause of ver. 8 is mainly the thought which up to here the writer had it on his mind to inculcate - the "corruption" which a man would reap from a life of self-indulgence. But, after completing the statement of this thought, his tone forthwith changes; the frown clearing away from his countenance, he adds, to the threatening admonition of the first clause, the cheering promise of the second, while a more genial tone marks his further remarks on the subject in vers. 9 and 10. The second limb of the verse thus appears introduced in the same way as the second does in <a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Romans 8:13</a>; and in both cases with the conjunction δέ. "Sowing unto his own flesh." Many critics render, "into his own flesh," as if, with a shifting of the image, which is certainly not uncommon with St. Paul, the flesh were now the ground into which the seed is cast. This relation, however, to the verb "sow" (see Alford and Ellicott) is in the New Testament expressed differently, by ἐν, in, or by ἐπί, upon; while εἰς in <a href="/matthew/13-22.htm">Matthew 13:22</a> denotes "among." It is more obvious to take εἰς as "unto," "denoting the immediate object of the action, that to which it tends, that in which it terminates" (Webster and Wilkinson, 'Commentary'). This way of construing suits better in the phrase, εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα, which follows. Applying the image of sowing generally, the apostle in ver. 7 speaks of the quality of the sowing (not precisely the quality of the seed) as determining the quality of the harvest; and here, of one kind of sowing being "unto the flesh," the other "unto the Spirit." "He that soweth unto his own flesh;" that is, he whose general action in life is referred to his own personal gratification in his lower nature - to his own profit, pleasure, honour. The addition of ἑαυτοῦ ("his own") has a marked reference to the topic which led to this general statement: the apostle has in his view a man's gratifying his own merely worldly inclinations, to the disregard of the well-being, even the physical well-being, of other men. To sow unto the flesh of our brethren, in one sense, namely, for the promotion of their physical well-being, would bear a different aspect from sowing unto oar own flesh. "Shall from the flesh reap corruption." This by some commentators has been interpreted thus: In the harvest of That Day, nought will be found with him of all those things on which his heart has been set - nought save, at the best, mere rottenness, disappointment, and illusion. This would be analogous to the moral with which our Lord pointed his parable of the rich fool, to whom God said, "Whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?" "So is he," added Christ, "that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God" (<a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20, 21</a>). The word φθορά, corruption, involves at least as much as this; but this view alone would furnish an inadequate antitheten to "eternal life," as also it gives less force to the word itself than it appears from its ordinary use to convey. One essential element of this verbal noun φθορὰ is the notion of decay, or the condition of being impaired, spoilt, wasted away (cf. <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Colossians 2:20</a>; <a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a>), It is used of corruption in our moral nature in <a href="/2_peter/1-4.htm">2 Peter 1:4</a>; <a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">2 Peter 2:12, 19</a>; as φθείρω and διαφθείρω are likewise applied in <a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm">2 Corinthians 7:2</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">1 Timothy 6:5</a>. But the clear presentment of its sense, when connected as it is here with "flesh," is afforded by its antithesis, with respect to the "body" or "flesh," to ἀφθαρσία in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42</a>, "It is sown in corruption., it is raised in incorruption," and ibid., 1 Corinthians 15:50," Neither doth corruption inherit incorruption;" and by the opposed adjectives "corruptible" and "incorruptible ' (φθαρτός and ἄφθαρτος) in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-53.htm">1 Corinthians 15:53, 54</a>, as well as by the use of διαφθορὰ of the rotting away of a dead body, in <a href="/acts/2-27.htm">Acts 2:27, 31</a>; <a href="/acts/13-34.htm">Acts 13:34-37</a>. That the apostle uses the word "corruption" with a direct reference to "flesh," and therefore as alluding to or rather expressing a certain qualification of the flesh's condition, is shown by his inserting the words, ἐκ τῆς σαρκός, "of the flesh." Strictly speaking those words are not necessary for the completeness of the sentence. To all appearance they are added aetiologically, to make prominent the thought that what is sown unto the flesh may be expected to issue in corruption, because corruption is the natural end of flesh itself. For an analogous reason, "of the Spirit" is inserted in the antithetic statement; the Spirit being essentially not only living, but vivific. The words, then, seem to mean this' "shall from the flesh reap that corruption which the flesh, un-quickened by the Spirit of God [for comp. <a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a>], must itself issue in." In endeavouring more exactly to determine the sense of these words, it is well in the first instance to confine our view to the conceptions relative to this subject presented by St. Paul. In reviewing these, we observe that St. Paul never predicates ἀφθαρσία ("incorruption," "incorruptible-ness") of the future bodily condition of "those who perish (οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι)." On the contrary, in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-54</a> he clearly restricts this conception of bodily being to the case of those whose body shall be assimilated to that of the second Adam, the Lord from heaven, as indeed it is only to them that the entire discourse (vers. 20-58) relates. So again in <a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a>, the "fashioning anew of the body of our humiliation into conformity with the body of his glory" is evidently limited to those whoso end is not "perdition (ἀπώλεια)." Again, in <a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1</a> the "house not made with hands, eternal," appears to be an exclusive designation of the resurrection-body of the accepted believer. Once more, in <a href="/romans/2-7.htm">Romans 2:7</a> the words, "to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and incorruption (ἀφθαρσίαν)," imply that incorruption is an attribute exclusively pertaining to the happiness after which true Christians aspire. All that we meet with elsewhere in St. Paul's writings fits in perfectly with his holding the view that, while "there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust," as he stated to Felix (<a href="/acts/24-15.htm">Acts 24:15</a>) - a resurrection surely he meant in the body - the bodies of the accepted alone wilt be incorruptible, the bodies of the lost being, for all that appears in his teaching, left in some sense subject to corruption. In what way the apostle in his own mind connected this conception, of in-corruption being a quality exclusively pertaining to the future condition of the just. with that of the "eternal destruction (αἰώνιος ὄλεθρος)" awaiting them who know not God (<a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:9</a>), we shall, perhaps, do wisely in not attempting to determine. We can, it is true, imagine ways of conjoining the two notions; 'but it will be best not to positively affirm that this or that that was St. Paul's manner of viewing the subject. Possibly the Spirit had not revealed this to him. if so, he might feel it incumbent upon him to forbear from giving forth definite statements on matters not really disclosed to his view, and, therefore, not intended to form a part of revealed truth. This, however, should not keep us back from accepting what appears to be the only probable view of the sense of the present passage, namely, that they who live a life of selfishness and carnal self-indulgence will reap the final award of having a body with flesh, in some most real and important sense, subject to corruption. The consideration that the apostle is thinking of the awards of the day of judgment, at once meets the objection that corruption is predicable of the Christian's body also. It is obvious to reply that, though the body of a believer is sown in corruption even as the body of an unrighteous man, it is revealed to us that it will be raised in incorruption; which it is nowhere said that the body of him who dies in his sins will be. As applied to objects lying on the other side of the veil which parts the spiritual world from that visible world whence all our images of thought are derived, this term "corruption" must be understood as describing a condition of bodily being, not necessarily identical with, but very conceivably only in some respects analogous to, that which it describes in relation to a corpse in our present state. The resurrection stale, with all that pertains to it, inscrutably blending, as the story, of the forty days commencing with Christ s resurrection exemplifies, spiritual phenomena with corporeal, is one which we are wholly unable to understand or to realize. This may be thought a very superfluous observation. But it is not so. The attempts intellectually to realize the events which we are hereafter to witness and to be the subjects of, and the dogmatic affirmations relating to them, made, not merely in past ages, but in the very present, render it necessary that we should distinctly keep this truth in view. The physical theory of that future state, and the eventual history which is to be evolved in it, we not merely do not know, but are absolutely incapable of forecasting. We dare not say one syllable about them beyond what is distinctly told us; and what is told us, we are to remember, is through the very nature of the case no other than images, presented in a dark dim mirror, which shows them so obscurely, that to our intellective perception they seem riddles rather than revelations: Ἄρτι γὰρ βλέπομεν δἰ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, (<a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a>). It is, in fact, not our intellect, but our moral sense, that the revelations of the future state are designed to inform. Next, looking out from the field of purely Pauline doctrine upon the teaching presented in other parts of the New Testament, we are reminded at once of that awful and repeated word of our Lord concerning the "Gehenna of fire" - "where their worm (σκώληξ) dieth not, and the fire is not quenched" (<a href="/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43-48</a>). It is known that, before our Lord appeared upon earth, this conception of Gehenna, the terms of which beyond question were borrowed from the closing verses of Isaiah, had already become current in the eschatological views of the Jews. This is evidenced by Judith 16:17; Ecclus. 7:17. This imagery our Lord adopted, recognizing, it should seem, in this portion of rabbinical teaching a just evolution of ideas which had been presented in the inspired volumes of the Old Testament - a development of them which we may fairly attribute to the guiding influence of the Holy Spirit promised to God's restored people, as e.g, in <a href="/ezekiel/36-24.htm">Ezekiel 36:24-28</a>. We cannot doubt that the "worm" which our Lord spoke of means the worm which preys upon rotting flesh. The image, therefore, exactly accords with the word "corruption" as interpreted above. Whether the apostle glanced at that discourse of Christ, or was even aware of it, is uncertain; but that he both knew of it and even inferred from it in using this word "corruption," is by no means unlikely. One other reference to "corruption" as the future doom of at least certain of the lost, is found in <a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">2 Peter 2:12</a>, which, according to the now approved reading of the Greek text, runs thus: "But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed - shall in their destroying be destroyed [or, 'in their corruption shall even rot away'] (ἐν τῇ φθορᾷ αὐτῶν καὶ φθαρήσονται)." Possibly the word φθορά, taken as "corruption," points here to moral corruption; but the verb φθαρήσονται may very well point to the miserable doom of rotting away by which they shall judicially perish, moral corruption working physical corruption. But the exact sense is doubtful. With the clause before us we must group <a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Romans 8:13</a>, "If ye live after the flesh, ye are certain to die;" whilst the sentence which follows, "But if by the Spirit ye put to death the doings of the body, ye shall live," answers to the closing sentence of the present verse; as also does "death" as "the wages of sin," balanced against the "eternal life" which is "the gift of God," in <a href="/romans/6.htm">Romans 6</a>:25. The contrasted thoughts in <a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Philippians 3:19, 20</a> likewise closely touch those here presented to us. But he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting (ὁ δὲ σπείρων εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος θερίσει ζωὴν αἰώνιον); but he that soweth unto the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life eternal. That is, he that expends thought, time, effort, money, upon the furthering, in himself and in others, of the fruits of the Spirit, shall receive, from that Holy Spirit to whose guidance dwelling within him he resigns himself, that quickening of his whole being, body, soul, and spirit, for an everlasting existence in glory, which it is the proper work of that Divine Agent to effect. For the latter clause, comp. <a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a>, "If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you [as the guiding, animating influence in your lives], he that raised up Christ from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit dwelling within you;" in which passage the aetiologleal clause, "by reason of his Spirit dwelling in you," corresponds exactly with the aetiological clause, "of the Spirit," in the words before us. The two verses which follow show that one specific form of sowing unto the Spirit which the apostle has definitely in view, while enforcing the general idea, is that of Christian beneficence. How closely the practice of Christian beneficence was in the apostle's mind, in conformity with Christ's own teaching (<a href="/matthew/25.htm">Matthew 25</a>. etc.), connected with the securing of the future blissful immortality, is markedly shown in <a href="/1_timothy/6-18.htm">1 Timothy 6:18, 19</a>; - not the less so if we adopt the now approved reading, ἵνα ἐκιλάβωνται τοῦ ὄντως ζωῆς, "that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed." <a href="/commentaries/galatians/6-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>The [one] ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. who sows σπείρων (speirōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. to please εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. his ἑαυτοῦ (heautou) Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. flesh, σάρκα (sarka) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. flesh σαρκὸς (sarkos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. will reap θερίσει (therisei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2325.htm">Strong's 2325: </a> To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest. destruction; φθοράν (phthoran) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5356.htm">Strong's 5356: </a> Corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition. From phtheiro; decay, i.e. Ruin. but δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. the [one] ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. who sows σπείρων (speirōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. to please εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Spirit, Πνεῦμα (Pneuma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4151.htm">Strong's 4151: </a> Wind, breath, spirit. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Spirit Πνεύματος (Pneumatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4151.htm">Strong's 4151: </a> Wind, breath, spirit. will reap θερίσει (therisei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2325.htm">Strong's 2325: </a> To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest. eternal αἰώνιον (aiōnion) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_166.htm">Strong's 166: </a> From aion; perpetual. life. ζωὴν (zōēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2222.htm">Strong's 2222: </a> Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. 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