Remember this: if you sow sparingly, you will reap sparingly, and if you sow generously, you will reap generously as well. | The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. |
The one who sows in his flesh will reap a harvest of corruption, but the one who sows in the Spirit will reap from the Spirit the reward of eternal life. | If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. |
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Do not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A person will reap only what he sows. | Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. |
Let us never grow weary in doing what is right, for if we do not give up, we will reap our harvest in due time. | So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. |
Consider the ravens. They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn, and yet God feeds them. You are of far greater importance than birds. | Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! |
Gaze upon the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or store in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of far greater value than they? | Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? |
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who are peacemakers. | And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace. |
The labors of the wicked man produce little profit, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. | The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward. |
The tongue has the power over life and death; those who cherish it will enjoy its fruits. | Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. |
However, now that you have been freed from sin and bound to the service of God, the benefit you receive is sanctification, and the end is eternal life. | But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. |