Galatians 6:8

because the person who sows to his own flesh ¹  will reap corruption ²  from the flesh, ³  but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Ps 126:5,6; Pr 22:8; Ec 11:6; Isa 32:20; Jer 12:13; Ho 10:13; Mt 19:29; Lu 18:30; Joh 4:14,36; Joh 6:27; Ro 6:13; Ro 6:22; Ro 8:13; Ro 13:14; Ga 6:7; 1Ti 1:16; Tit 3:7; Jas 3:18; 2Pe 2:12,19; Jude 1:21; Re 22:11

¹ 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.”

² tn Or “destruction.”

³ tn See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.