Galatians 6:8
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.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap;
9And let us not be faint-hearted in well-doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Cross References
Job 4:8According to what I have seen, they who plough iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same.
Proverbs 22:8He who soweth iniquity shall reap calamity, And the rod of his punishment is prepared.
Isaiah 32:20Happy ye who sow beside all waters; Who send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass!
Hosea 8:7They have sown the wind, And they shall reap the whirlwind. They shall have no standing harvest; The ear shall yield no meal; If perchance it yield, strangers shall devour it.
Matthew 19:29And every one who hath left brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, or houses, for the sake of my name, will receive many fold more, and will inherit everlasting life.
John 4:14but whoever drinketh of the water that I will give him, will never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become within him a well of water springing up to everlasting 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 →