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Galatians 6:7
7Nobody can hide the things that he does from God. Do not think a false thought like that! It is like a farmer who plants seeds in his field. The same kind of crops will grow as the seeds which he plants. That will be his harvest.
Galatians 6:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Context of Galatians 6:7
5Each person must live in a way that they know is right for them. 6Everyone who is learning about God's message from a teacher should help his teacher. The student should share all the good things that he has with his teacher. Nobody can hide the things that he does from God. Do not think a false thought like that! It is like a farmer who plants seeds in his field. The same kind of crops will grow as the seeds which he plants. That will be his harvest. 8A person may do things only to make himself happy. That person's harvest will be God's punishment and death. Or a person may do the things that God's Spirit wants. That person will receive a harvest from God's Spirit. The harvest will be life with God for ever. 9We must continue to do things that are good and we should not get tired. If we do not feel weak and stop doing good things, then we will receive a good harvest at the proper time.
Read all of Galatians 6Galatians 6:7 word by word
μὴ πλανᾶσθε, θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται· ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Beπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105
- notμήmē · notG3361
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- isμυκτηρίζωmuktērizō · to mockG3456
- notοὐou · noG3756
- ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- whatsoeverἐάνean · ifG1437
- a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- sowethσπείρωspeirō · to sowG4687
- thatοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- shall heθερίζωtheridō · to reapG2325
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
Cross-references for Galatians 6:7
- Galatians 6:3You must not think that you are too important to help other people. If you are not really so important, you are thinking a false thought.
- Job 15:31He may trust in useless things to save him. But he is deceiving himself. Any help that he receives will also be useless.
- Jeremiah 37:9The Lord also says, “Do not deceive yourselves. Do not think that Babylon's soldiers will go away and leave you alone. They will not go away!
- Obadiah 1:3You think that you are better than other people. And so you believe something that is not true. You live in a place that is difficult to reach. Your home is high up in a place among rocks. You say to yourself, “Nobody can reach us up here.”
- Luke 21:8Jesus replied. ‘Be careful! Some people will tell you things that are not true. Do not believe them. Many people will say that they have come on my behalf. They will say, “I am the Messiah.” They will say, “Now is the time!” Do not agree with those people.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18Be careful! Do not think that you are better than you really are. Maybe you think that you are wise, like people today want to be wise. But if you want to become truly wise, be ready for other people to think that you are a fool.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9People who do wrong things like that will never belong to God's kingdom. You surely know that. Do not think that people like this will receive God's good things: People who have sex in wrong ways. People who worship idols. People who have sex with anyone that they are not married to. Men who have sex with other men.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not let anyone deceive you. Remember this: ‘If you become a friend of bad people, you also will live in a bad way.’
- Ephesians 5:6Do not let anyone have a chance to deceive you with a false message about those kinds of bad things. God will certainly punish people who do not obey him.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3Do not let anyone deceive you like that in any way. That day will not happen until certain other things have happened. Before that day, there will be a time when many people will turn against God. Also, the man who is completely against God will appear. God will surely destroy him in the end.
- James 1:22But be careful to do what God says in his message. Do not only listen to it. Do not make that mistake!
- 1 John 1:8If we say that we never do any wrong thing, we are deceiving ourselves. Even though we may think it is true, it is a lie.
- 1 John 3:7My little children, do not let anyone deceive you about sin. It is people who live in a good way that God accepts as right. In the same way, Jesus did only what is good and right.
- Job 13:8You are trying to win the argument for God. But you are not being honest when you do that.
- Jude 1:18They said to you, ‘In the last days of this world, some people will laugh at God's message. They will say that it is silly to obey God. Instead, they will do the bad things that they want to do. Those things do not please God.’
- Job 4:8I will tell you what I have seen. Trouble comes to people who do wicked things. They receive the punishment that they deserve.
Commentaries on Galatians 6:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Be not deceived - Neither deceive yourselves, nor permit yourselves to be deceived by others. He seems to refer to the Judaizing teachers. God is not mocked - Ye cannot deceive him, and he will not permit you to mock him with pretended instead of real services. Whatsoever a man soweth - Whatsoever kind of grain a man sows in his field, of that shall he reap; for no other species of grain can proceed from that which is sown. Darnel will not produce wheat…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Be not deceived - That is, in regard to your character, and your hopes for eternity. This is a formula of introduction to some admonition that is especially weighty and important. It implies that there was danger that they would be deceived in reference to their character. The sources of the danger were the corruption of their own hearts, the difficulty of knowing their true character, the instructions of false teachers, etc.; see the note at 1…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Many excuse themselves from the work of religion, though they may make a show, and profess it. They may impose upon others, yet they deceive themselves if they think to impose upon God, who knows their hearts as well as actions; and as he cannot be deceived, so he will not be mocked. Our present time is seed time; in the other world we shall reap as we sow now. As there are two sorts of sowing, one to the flesh, and the other to the Spirit, so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7God is not to be mocked: God cannot be deceived by people who only pretend to be spiritual. God knows what is truly in their hearts. Everyone will face the results of their actions. Whatever a man sows: see also Job 4:8; Psalms 126:5; Proverbs 22:8; Hosea 8:7; 10:12–15; Luke 19:21–23; 1 Corinthians 3:12–15; 9:11; 2 Corinthians 9:6.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. God is not mocked--The Greek verb is, literally, to sneer with the nostrils drawn up in contempt. God does not suffer Himself to be imposed on by empty words: He will judge according to works, which are seeds sown for eternity of either joy or woe. Excuses for illiberality in God's cause (Ga 6:6) seem valid before men, but are not so before God (Psa 50:21). soweth--especially of his resources (2Co 9:6). that--Greek, "this"; this and nothing else…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Galatians 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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