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# plants seed to his own flesh
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Planting seeds is a metaphor for doing deeds that will have consequences later. In this case, the person is doing sinful actions because of his sinful nature. Alternate translation: "plants seed according to what he wants because of his sinful nature" or "does the things he wants to do because of his sinful nature" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# will reap destruction
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God punishing the person is spoken of as if the person were harvesting a crop. Alternate translation: "will receive punishment for what he did" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# plants seed to the Spirit
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Planting seeds is a metaphor for doing deeds that will have consequences later. In this case, the person is doing good actions because he is listening to God's Spirit. Alternate translation: "does the things God's Spirit loves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# from the Spirit will reap eternal life
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"will receive eternal life as a reward from God's Spirit"
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