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  • Galatians 6:8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 8 because the one sowing with a view to his flesh will reap corruption from his flesh, but the one sowing with a view to the spirit will reap everlasting life from the spirit.+

  • Galatians 6:8
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 8 ὅτι because ὁ the (one) σπείρων sowing εἰς into τὴν the σάρκα flesh ἑαυτοῦ of himself ἐκ out of τῆς the σαρκὸς flesh θερίσει will reap φθοράν, corruption, ὁ the (one) δὲ but σπείρων sowing εἰς into τὸ the πνεῦμα spirit ἐκ out of τοῦ the πνεύματος spirit θερίσει he will reap ζωὴν life αἰώνιον. everlasting.

  • Galatians 6:8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 8 because he who is sowing with a view to his flesh will reap corruption from his flesh,+ but he who is sowing with a view to the spirit+ will reap everlasting life from the spirit.+

  • Galatians 6:8
    The Bible in Living English
    • 8 because he who sows into his own flesh will reap out of the flesh decay, but who sows into the Spirit shall reap out of the Spirit eternal life.

  • Galatians 6:8
    American Standard Version
    • 8 For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

  • Galatians 6:8
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 8 Because he that soweth into his own flesh Out of the flesh shall reap corruption, Whereas he that soweth into the Spirit Out of the Spirit shall reap age-abiding life.

  • Galatians 6:8
    King James Version
    • 8 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.

  • Galatians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 6:8 it-2 808-809, 1014; w08 8/15 26; w95 6/15 31; w88 6/15 19-20

  • Galatians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 6:8 w84 11/15 29-31; w80 6/15 19; lp 102-105; w73 75-76; g73 6/22 29; w69 350; w68 115, 521; w63 302, 357; g63 3/8 4; g62 10/22 6; ns 293; g55 3/8 6, 8; w45 340

  • Galatians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 6:8

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 808-809, 1014

      The Watchtower,

      8/15/2008, p. 26

      6/15/1995, p. 31

      6/15/1988, pp. 19-20

      11/15/1984, pp. 29-31

      6/15/1980, p. 19

      2/1/1973, pp. 75-76

      6/1/1969, pp. 349-351

      9/1/1968, pp. 521-522

      2/15/1968, pp. 114-116

      6/15/1963, pp. 357-358

      5/15/1963, pp. 302-303

      Life, pp. 102-105

      Awake!,

      6/22/1973, p. 29

  • Galatians Study Notes—Chapter 6
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 6:8

      the one sowing with a view to his flesh: That is, a person who indulges in “the works of the flesh,” which result from the desires of a sinful human nature. (Ga 5:19-21) As a fruitage, or a result, of this “sowing,” he will reap corruption from his flesh. When the first human sinned, he and all his descendants became enslaved to corruption. (Ro 5:12; 8:21 and study note) This enslavement has produced imperfection that leads not only to disease, aging, and death but also to moral and spiritual degradation. Therefore, “the one sowing with a view to his flesh” will not gain everlasting life.​—Compare 2Pe 2:12, 18, 19.

      the one sowing with a view to the spirit: That is, a person living in a way that allows God’s holy spirit to operate freely in his life, helping him to manifest its fruitage. Such a person “will reap everlasting life from the spirit.”​—Mt 19:29; 25:46; Joh 3:14-16; Ro 2:6, 7; Eph 1:7.

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