Galatians 6:8
For hee that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reape corruption: but hee that soweth to the spirit, shall of the spirit reape life euerlasting.
Geneva Bible 1599
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In Context
7Be not deceiued: God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall hee also reape.
9Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.
Cross References
Job 4:8As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
Isaiah 32:20Blessed are ye that sowe vpon all waters, and driue thither the feete of the oxe and the asse.
Hosea 8:7For they haue sowne the winde, and they shall reape the whirlewind: it hath no stalke: the budde shall bring foorth no meale: if so be it bring forth, the strangers shall deuoure it.
Matthew 19:29And whosoeuer shall forsake houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, he shall receiue an hundreth folde more, and shall inherite euerlasting life.
John 4:14But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shall giue him, shall neuer be more a thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water, springing vp into euerlasting 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 →