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If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh, but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.(A)

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Whoever sows to please their flesh,(A) from the flesh will reap destruction;(B) whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.(C)

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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.(A)

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13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;(A) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,(B) you will live.(C)

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18 And the fruit of righteousness[a] is sown in peace by those who make peace.(A)

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  1. 3.18 Or justice

18 Peacemakers(A) who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.(B)

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19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for people are slaves to whatever masters them.(A)

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19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(A)

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Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.(A)

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

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13 You have plowed wickedness;
    you have reaped injustice;
    you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your chariots,[a]
    in the multitude of your warriors,(A)

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  1. 10.13 Gk: Heb your way

13 But you have planted wickedness,
    you have reaped evil,(A)
    you have eaten the fruit of deception.(B)
Because you have depended on your own strength
    and on your many warriors,(C)

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

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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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14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.(A)

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14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ,(A) and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.[a](B)

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  1. Romans 13:14 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

21 So what fruit did you then gain from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death.(A) 22 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.(B)

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21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!(A) 22 But now that you have been set free from sin(B) and have become slaves of God,(C) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.(D)

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36 The reaper is already receiving[a] wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.(A)

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  1. 4.36 Or . . . the fields are already ripe for harvesting. The reaper is receiving

36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(A) a crop for eternal life,(B) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

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May those who sow in tears
    reap with shouts of joy.(A)
Those who go out weeping,
    bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
    carrying their sheaves.

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Those who sow with tears(A)
    will reap(B) with songs of joy.(C)
Those who go out weeping,(D)
    carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
    carrying sheaves with them.

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In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hands be idle, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.(A)

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Sow your seed in the morning,
    and at evening let your hands not be idle,(A)
for you do not know which will succeed,
    whether this or that,
    or whether both will do equally well.

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Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of anger will fail.(A)

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Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(B)

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