Galatians 6:9

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap — not desponding;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

In Context

8because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

10therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:4then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit;

Psalms 104:27All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.

Isaiah 40:30Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,

Malachi 1:13And ye have said, 'Lo, what a weariness,' And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah.

Matthew 10:22and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

Matthew 25:17in like manner also he who [received] the two, he gained, also he, other two;

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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