Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for (A)whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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Do not be deceived:(A) God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.(B)

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The Cheerful Giver

(A)But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows [a]bountifully will also reap [b]bountifully.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings

Generosity Encouraged

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.(A)

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12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
Reap in mercy;
(A)Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He (B)comes and rains righteousness on you.

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12 Sow(A) righteousness(B) for yourselves,
    reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;(C)
    for it is time to seek(D) the Lord,
until he comes
    and showers his righteousness(E) on you.

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Even as I have seen,
(A)Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.

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As I have observed,(A) those who plow evil(B)
    and those who sow trouble reap it.(C)

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who (A)“will render to each one according to his deeds”: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and (B)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew (C)first and also of the [a]Greek; 10 (D)but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:9 Gentile

God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a](A) To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(B) and immortality,(C) he will give eternal life.(D) But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(E) there will be wrath and anger.(F) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:(G) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;(H) 10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12

33 Do not be deceived: (A)“Evil company corrupts good habits.”

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33 Do not be misled:(A) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander

18 The wicked man does deceptive work,
But (A)he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.

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18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(A)

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31 Therefore (A)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

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31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(A)

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Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

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Let no one deceive you(A) with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath(B) comes on those who are disobedient.(C)

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14 Perversity is in his heart,
(A)He devises evil continually,
(B)He sows discord.

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14     who plots evil(A) with deceit in his heart—
    he always stirs up conflict.(B)

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“They(A) sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
(B)Aliens would swallow it up.

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“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(C)

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Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. (A)Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, nor [b]sodomites,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 catamites, those submitting to homosexuals
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:9 male homosexuals

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?(A) Do not be deceived:(B) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers(C) nor men who have sex with men[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.

31 Let him not (A)trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.

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