Galatians 6:8

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
  • Rom 6:21-22 : 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now, having been freed from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.
  • Gal 6:7 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.
  • Job 4:8 : 8 Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.
  • Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He who goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 He who sows 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 has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
  • Hos 10:13 : 13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
  • Luke 18:30 : 30 Who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the world to come everlasting life.
  • John 4:14 : 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
  • John 4:36 : 36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
  • Rom 6:13 : 13 And do not yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
  • 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 who is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he who is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he who is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he who is holy, let him be holy still.
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all patience as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 That having been justified by His grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption;
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has 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 harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 6:6-7
    2 verses
    87%

    6 Let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.

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

  • Gal 6:9
    82%

    9 And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    81%

    6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

  • John 4:36-37
    2 verses
    78%

    36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he 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 dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

    10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

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

    12 Therefore, brothers, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

    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, the things of the Spirit.

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

  • 1 Cor 9:11
    77%

    11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?

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

    36 Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

    37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain.

  • Prov 11:18
    75%

    18 The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

  • Gal 5:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 I say then, walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

    17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you cannot do the things that you wish.

  • Job 4:8
    74%

    8 Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    74%

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

  • Rom 2:6
    74%

    6 Who will render to each person according to his deeds:

  • Hos 8:7
    73%

    7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

  • Prov 22:8
    73%

    8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16 The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Rom 6:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

    22 But now, having been freed from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to 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.

  • 1 Cor 3:8
    73%

    8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

  • John 6:63
    73%

    63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life.

  • Luke 6:43-44
    2 verses
    73%

    43 For a good tree does not bring forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

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

  • Heb 6:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God:

    8 But that which bears thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near to being cursed, its end is to be burned.

  • Matt 7:17
    72%

    17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

  • John 3:6
    72%

    6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
    72%

    10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness;

  • Ps 126:5
    72%

    5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

  • John 6:27
    72%

    27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.

  • Rom 6:12
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 15:50
    71%

    50 Now this I say, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

  • Luke 8:5
    71%

    5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

  • Mark 4:28
    71%

    28 For the earth yields fruit by itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

  • Matt 12:33
    71%

    33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

  • Eccl 11:6
    71%

    6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.

  • 1 Cor 15:44
    71%

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

  • Eph 5:9
    71%

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

  • Eccl 11:4
    71%

    4 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

  • 1 Cor 6:18
    71%

    18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.

  • Jas 1:15
    71%

    15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

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