Galatians 6:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G3754} he that{G3588} soweth{G4687} unto{G1519} his{G1438} own flesh{G4561} shall{G2325} of{G1537} the flesh{G4561} reap{G2325} corruption;{G5356} but{G1161} he that{G3588} soweth{G4687} unto{G1519} the Spirit{G4151} shall{G2325} of{G1537} the Spirit{G4151} reap{G2325} eternal{G166} life.{G2222}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G3754} he that soweth{G4687}{(G5723)} to{G1519} his{G1438} flesh{G4561} shall{G2325} of{G1537} the flesh{G4561} reap{G2325}{(G5692)} corruption{G5356}; but{G1161} he that soweth{G4687}{(G5723)} to{G1519} the Spirit{G4151} shall{G2325} of{G1537} the Spirit{G4151} reap{G2325}{(G5692)} life{G2222} everlasting{G166}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    He that soweth in his flesshe shall of ye flesshe reepe corrupcio. But he yt soweth in ye sprete shall of the sprete reepe lyfe everlastinge.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He that soweth vpon the flesh, shal of the flesh reape destruccion: But he that soweth vpon ye sprete, shal of the sprete reape life euerlastinge.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For hee that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reape corruption: but hee that soweth to the spirit, shal of the spirit reape life euerlasting.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For he that soweth into his flesshe, shal of the flesshe reape corruption: But he that soweth into the spirite, shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    because 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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Rom 8:13 : 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.
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.
  • Rom 6:21-22 : 21 But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death. 22 But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.
  • Gal 6:7 : 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.
  • Job 4:8 : 8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.
  • Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, letting the oxen and the donkey roam freely.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. 6 The one who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will surely return with joyful shouting, carrying their sheaves.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 Whoever sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail.
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.
  • Hos 10:13 : 13 But you have planted wickedness, reaped injustice, and eaten the fruit of deception. Because you trusted in your own way and in your many warriors,
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
  • Luke 18:30 : 30 will fail to receive many times more in this present age and, in the age to come, eternal life.
  • John 4:14 : 14 But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
  • John 4:36 : 36 The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.
  • Rom 6:13 : 13 Do not present the parts of your body as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
  • Jude 1:21 : 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
  • Rev 22:11 : 11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy."
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But for this reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the foremost of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 These people, however, are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They speak abusively about things they do not understand, and in their destruction, they too will be destroyed.
  • John 6:27 : 27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'
  • Jer 12:13 : 13 They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; they have exhausted themselves to no profit. Be ashamed of your harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 6:6-7
    2 verses
    87%

    6 The one who is taught the word should share all good things with the one who teaches.

    7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.

  • Gal 6:9
    82%

    9 Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    81%

    6 Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • John 4:36-37
    2 verses
    78%

    36 The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.

    37 For in this the saying is true: 'One sows, and another reaps.'

  • Rom 8:9-13
    5 verses
    78%

    9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.

    10 But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

    11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.

    12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to it.

    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.

  • Rom 8:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

    6 The mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.

  • 1 Cor 9:11
    77%

    11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

  • 1 Cor 15:36-37
    2 verses
    77%

    36 Foolish one, what you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

    37 And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed—perhaps of wheat or something else.

  • Prov 11:18
    75%

    18 The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.

  • Gal 5:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 I say then, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

    17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want to do.

  • Job 4:8
    74%

    8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    74%

    6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • Rom 2:6
    74%

    6 He will repay each person according to their deeds.

  • Hos 8:7
    73%

    7 For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.

  • Prov 22:8
    73%

    8 Whoever sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16 The wages of the righteous lead to life, but the income of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Rom 6:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21 But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.

    22 But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.

    23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • 1 Cor 3:8
    73%

    8 The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor.

  • John 6:63
    73%

    63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are Spirit and they are life.

  • Luke 6:43-44
    2 verses
    73%

    43 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

    44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from bramble bushes.

  • Heb 6:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

    8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

  • Matt 7:17
    72%

    17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

  • John 3:6
    72%

    6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
    72%

    10 Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

  • Ps 126:5
    72%

    5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

  • John 6:27
    72%

    27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'

  • Rom 6:12
    72%

    12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

  • 1 Cor 15:50
    71%

    50 Now I say this, brothers and sisters: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

  • Luke 8:5
    71%

    5 A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was stepped on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

  • Mark 4:28
    71%

    28 The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

  • Matt 12:33
    71%

    33 Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

  • Eccl 11:6
    71%

    6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.

  • 1 Cor 15:44
    71%

    44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

  • Eph 5:9
    71%

    9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.)

  • Eccl 11:4
    71%

    4 Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

  • 1 Cor 6:18
    71%

    18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body.

  • Jas 1:15
    71%

    15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.