Galatians 6:7

Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. What a man sows that he will reap.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

In Context

6He, however, who is being instructed in the Message ought always to share his blessings with the man who instructs him.

8For he who sows the field of his earthly nature will from that earthly nature reap corruption; while he who sows the field of the spirit will from that spirit reap Immortal Life.

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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 →

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