Galatians 6:8

New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For he that

שָׁלַח

shâlach

H7971

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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to his

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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shall of the

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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קָצַר

qâtsar

H7114

to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

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מִשְׁחָת

mishchâth

H4893

disfigurement

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but he that

שָׁלַח

shâlach

H7971

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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to the

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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shall of the

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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קָצַר

qâtsar

H7114

to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

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חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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עוֹלָם

ʻôwlâm

H5769

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...

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Key Terms in This Verse

soweth H7971

שָׁלַח shâlach

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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soweth H7971

שָׁלַח shâlach

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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corruption H4893

מִשְׁחָת mishchâth

disfigurement

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reap H7114

קָצַר qâtsar

to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

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reap H7114

קָצַר qâtsar

to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

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everlasting H5769

עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

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flesh H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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flesh H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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life H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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Spirit H7307

רוּחַ rûwach

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...

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Cross References

Romans 8:13 cross-reference

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.

James 3:18 cross-reference

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

2 Peter 2:19 cross-reference

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.

Hosea 10:13 cross-reference

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.

Job 4:8 cross-reference

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

Galatians 6:7 cross-reference

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

Romans 13:14 cross-reference

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Proverbs 22:8 cross-reference

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

John 4:36 cross-reference

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Revelation 22:11 cross-reference

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.

Jude 1:21 cross-reference

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

John 6:27 cross-reference

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.

Jeremiah 12:13 cross-reference

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.

Romans 6:13 cross-reference

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 Go...

Ecclesiastes 11:6 cross-reference

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.

Matthew 19:29 cross-reference

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 ...

Hosea 8:7 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 32:20 cross-reference

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

John 4:14 cross-reference

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.

Luke 18:30 cross-reference

Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

Titus 3:7 cross-reference

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

2 Peter 2:12 cross-reference

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;

1 Timothy 1:16 cross-reference

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.

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