Those who sow to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

 Those who sow to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.


Galatians 6:1-3 “Brothers and sisters, if anyone is caught in a transgression (paraptomati), you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness (pneumati). But be careful yourselves, lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens (barre), so fulfill the law of Christ (anaplerosete). For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”
Ean (ἐὰν) is a word meaning "if," even though it is unlikely to happen easily.

Paraptomati (παραπτώματι) means "parap" (beside) and "tomati" (to stumble), signifying that one stumbles momentarily while standing beside God. For a believer to stumble signifies a situation where one is disrespectful to God and does not fear Him. It means being deceived by the devil, causing a momentary problem in the heart that trusts God.

Pneumati was translated as "spirit," and "spirit" is a word formed by combining the mind and the spirit. However, Pneumati means spirit. Therefore, it means to help someone in spirit when such a person exists. It means to share problems and help one another within the same Holy Spirit. It also means to ensure that the one helping does not fall into such temptations of the devil.

Barre does not refer to a heavy burden, but rather to the difficult situation in which a believer approaches God. It means that through the fellowship of believers, when someone is in such a difficult situation, we are to bear one another's burdens. It means to approach God together.

Anaplerosete means to reach fullness, which is becoming a state filled with the Holy Spirit.

To be filled with the Holy Spirit, one must first die to the old self, be born again as a new creation, and thus receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Even after receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit, one can continue to receive the power of the Holy Spirit from God in order to preach the Word. However, there are ministers and elders who consider themselves filled with the Holy Spirit without having been born again.

This makes one a self-deceiver. A self-deceiver refers to one who falls into self-hypocrisy, believing that while they are the master, the Logos is the master. This is just like the Pharisees of Jesus' time. Nowadays, since one becomes a minister simply by graduating from theological seminary, it is impossible to discern whether they are born again or not.

Galatians 6:4-7: “Each one should examine his own affairs (dokimazeto), and have reason to boast about himself, and not about another. Each one must bear his own burden (portion). The one who is taught the word (ton logon) should share all good things (agathois) with him who teaches it. Do not deceive yourselves, for God is not mocked. Whatever a person sows, that he will also reap.”

Dokimazetto (δοκιμαζέτω) means to test (examine). It means that each person should examine whether they have been born again and have attained hypomone (the state in which the Word, Ho Logos, dwells within the spirit). If you have reached such a state, do not boast to others, but boast to yourself. This is because boasting to others (those who do not know the Holy Spirit) will not only fail to understand but may even look at you strangely.

Bastasei means to endure or sustain. It signifies the difficult situation a believer faces when approaching God. Protion means ministry. It implies that performing one's own ministry is one's own burden. It means that proclaiming the Kingdom of God is each person's share.

Here, Ton Logos, whose base form is Ho Logos, does not refer to the words recorded in the Bible, but rather to Christ, the Word who dwells within the hearts of believers. The meaning regarding Ho Logos is to share with one another and be together. This is because it is not the written word, but the voice heard within the hearts of believers; therefore, it means that the teacher and the listener should share the words spoken by Ho Logos.

Agathois means the good work that God does. That work is the work of bringing dead spirits back to life.

Galatians 6:7-8: “Do not be deceived (me planaste) God is not mocked. Whatever a person sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh (sarka) will reap corruption from the flesh, but he who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.”

Me Planasthe (Μὴ πλανᾶσθε) means "do not be deceived." Being deceived occurs when unregenerate ministers, without knowing about the Ho Logos, teach about it according to their own ideas. This is deception. A prime example is ministers steeped in Gnosticism. They teach that the human heart once held the image of God, but since that image was lost due to sin, one must strive diligently to regain it. The image of God is Jesus Christ, the Ho Logos. Therefore, they cause people to mix the gospel of the Ho Logos with their own efforts in a balanced way. This is deception.
God is despised because the people of the world look to Him through false ministers, thereby ignoring Him. However, even if they ignore God, if there is someone who lives according to the word of the Logos, God is not ignored.

There are two types of Christians. They are divided into those in whom the Logos dwells in the heart and those in whom it does not. Whether the Logos is planted in the heart or something else is planted, one will be judged according to what is planted.

Sarka (σάρκα) signifies the fleshly body (the fleshly mind). Ministers who are immersed in the fleshly mind plant doctrines centered on humanism, legalism, and Gnosticism in the heart, ultimately leading to the reaping of what is perishable. The Holy Spirit refers to the Spirit of life found in Christ. The One who dwells in the heart of the saint is the Ho Logos through the Holy Spirit. Although expressed here as the Holy Spirit, it is all the Ho Logos (Jesus Christ), who is the Word.

For reference, the Greek words in the Bible that are written as "Word" are Logos and Rhema. Logos is Jesus Christ. When the article *ho* is placed before Logos, it signifies Jesus Christ present in the hearts of believers. Rhema refers to the Word of God read in the Bible.

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