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Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool.[a] For a person[b] will reap what he sows, because the person who sows to his own flesh[c] will reap corruption[d] from the flesh,[e] but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 6:7 tn Or “is not mocked,” “will not be ridiculed” (L&N 33.409). BDAG 660 s.v. μυκτηρίζω has “of God οὐ μ. he is not to be mocked, treated w. contempt, perh. outwitted Gal 6:7.”
  2. Galatians 6:7 tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.
  3. Galatians 6:8 tn BDAG 915 s.v. σάρξ 2.c.α states: “In Paul’s thought esp., all parts of the body constitute a totality known as σ. or flesh, which is dominated by sin to such a degree that wherever flesh is, all forms of sin are likew. present, and no good thing can live in the σάρξGal 5:13, 24; …Opp. τὸ πνεῦμαGal 3:3; 5:16, 17ab; 6:8ab.”
  4. Galatians 6:8 tn Or “destruction.”
  5. Galatians 6:8 tn See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.