Galatians 6:8 meaning and explanation

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Galatians 6:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes near the end of his letter to the Galatians, a church troubled by teachers demanding that Gentile believers be circumcised. In verse 7 he states that God is not mocked, and verse 8 applies that principle through farming imagery his readers knew well.

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