Galatians 6:8
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.
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In Context
7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
9And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Cross References
Job 4:8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Isaiah 32:20Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
Matthew 19:29And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name`s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
John 4:14but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto 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 →