Discovery BoxGalatians 6:4 
Context6:4 Let each one examine 1 his own work. Then he can take pride 2 in himself and not compare himself with 3 someone else.
Galatians 6:8
Context6:8 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.
1 tn Or “determine the genuineness of.”
2 tn Grk “he will have a reason for boasting.”
3 tn Or “and not in regard to.” The idea of comparison is implied in the context.
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.
