Galatians 6:8

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.

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  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
  • Rom 6:21-22 : 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
  • Gal 6:7 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • Job 4:8 : 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.
  • Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [with him].
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 ¶ He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
  • Hos 10:13 : 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 ‹And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.›
  • Luke 18:30 : 30 ‹Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.›
  • John 4:14 : 14 ‹But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.›
  • John 4:36 : 36 ‹And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.›
  • Rom 6:13 : 13 Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
  • Jude 1:21 : 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
  • Rev 22:11 : 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
  • John 6:27 : 27 ‹Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.›
  • Jer 12:13 : 13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, [but] shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

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  • Gal 6:6-7
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    6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

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

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

  • 6 ¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

  • John 4:36-37
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    36 ‹And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.›

    37 ‹And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.›

  • Rom 8:9-13
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    9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

    10 ¶ And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.

    11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

    12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

    13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

  • Rom 8:5-6
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    5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

    6 For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.

  • 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

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    36 [Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

    37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other [grain]:

  • 18 ¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16 [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

    17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

  • 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

  • 6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

  • 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

  • 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

  • 8 ¶ He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • 16 ¶ The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Rom 6:21-23
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    21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.

    22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

    23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

  • 63 ‹It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you,› [they] ‹are spirit, and› [they] ‹are life.›

  • Luke 6:43-44
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    43 ‹For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.›

    44 ‹For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.›

  • Heb 6:7-8
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    7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

    8 But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.

  • 17 ‹Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.›

  • 6 ‹That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.›

  • 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

  • 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

  • 27 ‹Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.›

  • 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

  • 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

  • 5 ‹A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.›

  • 28 ‹For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.›

  • 33 ‹Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by› [his] ‹fruit.›

  • 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.

  • 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

  • 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

  • 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

  • 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

  • 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.