God not mocked: sowing and reaping (6:7–8)

Says Galatians 6:7 opens μὴ πλανᾶσθε, “do not be led astray,” and θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται (theos ou myktērizetai, “God is not mocked”), a present passive; μυκτηρίζω is “to turn up the nose or sneer at, mock”. The BSB has “God is not to be mocked”. Then ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει; θερίζω, “to reap”.

Says In 6:8 ὁ σπείρων εἰς τὴν σάρκα ἑαυτοῦ (ho speirōn eis tēn sarka heautou, “the one sowing into his own flesh”) reaps φθοράν: φθορά, “destruction, corruption, decay”. The BSB has “sows to please his flesh”. The other σπείρων εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα reaps ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

Implies The two clauses match point for point, so the harvest follows the field sown: flesh yields corruption, the Spirit yields eternal life.