Galatians 6:8

A particular application of the general truth just stated. True in the material world, it is equally so in the moral and spiritual. Embracing the whole sphere of human action, it includes the special case under consideration. Such as is the seed sown, such will be the harvest garnered. To hoard earthly -good things", is one form of sowing to the flesh, and silver and gold are -corruptible things". To give liberally is to lay up treasure in heaven, "where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt".

soweth to his flesh Some expositors regard the flesh as the ground into which, metaphorically, the seed is cast. It is perhaps better to take it as that for the purpose of which its indulgence and the gratification of its desires, men live and act. The word is used here, as elsewhere in this Epistle, of the unrenewed nature of man, in strong contrast to the spirit the -new man", the -new creation".

to his flesh Gr. - to his own flesh ".

corruption That which he has saved and that which he has gained will turn to decay. But from the corresponding expression in the second clause, -life everlasting", we must regard the -corruption" as affecting the man himself, as well as his possessions and enjoyments. A course of self-indulgence corrupts the moral nature and ends in destruction. The sowing here spoken of represents the thoughts, desires, words, and deeds which go to make up the activeside of a human life.

life everlasting This life, like the corruption to which it is antithetical, is begun now (John 3:36), although its full development is future; for -the harvest is the end of the world."