Galatians 6:6-10
Those who sow to the Spirit must not grow weary in doing good.
6 But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
7 Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
9 Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
10 So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
Those who sow to the Spirit must not grow weary in doing good.
Paul urges the Galatians to honor faithful instruction, recognize the moral certainty of sowing and reaping, persevere in doing good, and prioritize care for the household of faith.
Galatians 6:6-10 follows Paul's call for gentle restoration, burden-bearing, and sober self-examination in Galatians 6:1-5. It belongs to the closing practical exhortation of the letter, where the gospel of justification by faith produces a Spirit-led communal ethic. Paul has already warned that freedom must not become an opportunity for the flesh, but must express itself through love and service. Here that love becomes concrete in material support for teachers, perseverance in good works, and special concern for the household of faith. The sowing and reaping imagery also gathers up the earlier contrast between flesh and Spirit in Galatians 5:16-25. The passage therefore functions as a bridge between pastoral exhortation and Paul's final cross-centered conclusion in Galatians 6:11-18.
Paul addresses concrete church practices in the wake of the Galatian crisis. The churches needed to support faithful teaching, resist flesh-driven patterns, and persevere in communal goodness rather than allowing conflict, weariness, or false teaching to erode gospel fruit.
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