Galatians 6:5

6:5 For each one will carry ¹  his own load.

Galatians 6:7-8

6:7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. ²  For a person ³  will reap what he sows, 6:8 because the person who sows to his own flesh ⁴  will reap corruption ⁵  from the flesh, ⁶  but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

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¹ tn Or perhaps, “each one must carry.” A number of modern translations treat βαστάσει (bastasei) as an imperatival future.

² 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.”

³ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

⁴ 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 σάρξ…Gal 5:13, 24;…Opp. τὸ πνεῦμα…Gal 3:3; 5:16, 17ab; 6:8ab.”

⁵ tn Or “destruction.”

⁶ tn See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.