Reaping

Here, sowing to the flesh means pandering to the flesh’s evil desires.  Corruption is the word meaning degeneration, as in decaying food.  Sin always corrupts and, when left unchecked, always makes a person progressively worse in character.

Commentary from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for Galatians 6:8.

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This expression describes not only a life that endures forever but, primarily, the highest quality of living that one can experience.

Commentary from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for Galatians 6:8.

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Evil company

By word or example, evil friends are a corrupting influence.  Hope in the resurrection is sanctifying; it leads to godly living, not corruption.  Some in the church did not know God and were a corrupting influence, but not for those who hoped for life in God’s presence (see John 3:2,3).

Commentary from the MacArthur study bible, notes for 1 Corinthians 15:33,34.

False teaching

False doctrine – anything claiming to be the truth that is in fact a lie.  

False teachers typically claim to have the superior knowledge (as in gnosticism).  They claim to know the transcendent secrets, but actually are ignorant and infantile in their understanding.

Paul identifies 3 characteristics of false teachers: 1) they “teach otherwise” – a different doctrine, or any teaching that contradicts God’s revelation in Scripture; 2) they do “not consent to wholesome words” – they do not agree with sound, healthy teaching, specifically the teaching contained in Scripture; and 3) they reject “doctrine which accords with godliness” – teaching not based on Scripture will always result in an unholy life.  Instead of godliness, false teachers will be marked by sin.

Commentary from the MacArthur Study Bible, notes for 1 Timothy 6:3, 6:20.

Give or Take

Greed and lust for power drive people to amazing injustice.  It is the serving of self, typically at the expense of others.

“Luxury leads to vice when a person becomes consumed with the pursuit of pleasure, since a life without self-denial soon becomes out of control in every area.”  John MacArthur, Bible Commentary, pg. 1895, notes for James 5:5.