Galatians 6:8
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.
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In Context
7Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.
9And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.
Cross References
Job 4:8In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,
Proverbs 22:8Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.
Isaiah 32:20Blessed are you who sow over any waters, sending the feet of the ox and the donkey there.
Hosea 8:7For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat it.
Matthew 19:29And anyone who has left behind home, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for the sake of my name, shall receive one hundred times more, and shall possess eternal life.
John 4:14Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.”
Matthew Henry on Galatians 6:2-11
Tenderness in Reproving; Self-Examination; Spiritual Mindedness and Beneficence. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in… Read the whole commentary →