Galatians 6:8 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 6:8

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Galatians (420)

(Verse 8) For he who sows in his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But he who sows in the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. Everything we speak, do, and think is sown in two fields, the flesh and the Spirit. If the things that are spoken, done, and thought are good, sown in the Spirit, they will abound with the fruits of eternal life. But if they are evil, taken from the field of the flesh, they will produce for us a harvest of corruption.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Reap corruption - Death everlasting. But he that soweth to the Spirit - That follows his guidance in all his tempers and conversation. Shall of the Spirit - By the free grace and power of God, reap life everlasting.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He that soweth to his flesh - In like manner, he that sows to the flesh - who indulges his sensual and animal appetites, shall have corruption as the crop: you cannot expect to lead a bad life and go to heaven at last. According as your present life is, so will be your eternal life whether your sowing be to the flesh or to the Spirit, so will your eternal reaping be. To sow, here, means transacting the concerns of a man’s natural life. To reap, signifies his enjoyment or punishment in another world.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτι	hoti	For	G3754 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
σπείρων	speirōn	sowing	G4687 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
σάρκα	sarka	flesh	G4561 →
ἑαυτοῦ	he'autou	of himself	G1438 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
σαρκὸς	sarkos	flesh	G4561 →
θερίσει	therisei	will reap	G2325 →
φθοράν,	phthoran	decay,	G5356 →
ὁ	ho	The [one]	G3588 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
σπείρων	speirōn	sowing	G4687 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	Spirit	G4151 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
πνεύματος	pneumatos	Spirit	G4151 →
θερίσει	therisei	will reap	G2325 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
αἰώνιον.	aiōnion	eternal.	G166 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 3:18
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
leads to
- Matthew 5:9
  Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
- Hosea 10:12
  Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
Through
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Colossians 3:5–8
  Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27
  No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- Titus 2:12
  It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Through
Job 4:8
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
leads to
- Galatians 6:7–8
  Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 22:8
  He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Galatians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Galatians