Galatians 6:4

6:4 Let each one examine ¹  his own work. Then he can take pride ²  in himself and not compare himself with ³  someone else.

Galatians 6:8

6:8 because the person who sows to his own flesh ⁴  will reap corruption ⁵  from the flesh, ⁶  but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

¹ tn Or “determine the genuineness of.”

² tn Grk “he will have a reason for boasting.”

³ tn Or “and not in regard to.” The idea of comparison is implied in the context.

⁴ tn BDAG 915 s.v. σάρξ 2.c.α states: “In Paul’s thought esp., all parts of the body constitute a totality known as σ. or flesh, which is dominated by sin to such a degree that wherever flesh is, all forms of sin are likew. present, and no good thing can live in the σάρξ…Gal 5:13, 24;…Opp. τὸ πνεῦμα…Gal 3:3; 5:16, 17ab; 6:8ab.”

⁵ tn Or “destruction.”

⁶ tn See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.