Galatians 6:8
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7Be not deceived, God is not mocked.
9And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.
Cross References
Job 4:8On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
Isaiah 32:20Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.
Hosea 8:7For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; end if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
Matthew 19:29And every one that hath left house, 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 possess life everlasting.
John 4:14But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.
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 →