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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
"for the one who sows to his own flesh." What, then, does one sow in the flesh? Drunkenness, corruption, gluttony, wastefulness. Such a person, from the flesh, that is, on account of the defective flesh, will receive a punishment there. But "to his own flesh" means through the sins sown in the flesh. "But the one who sows to the Spirit." What does it mean to sow to the Holy Spirit? What else but almsgiving, and self-discipline, and every virtue? …
Clement of Alexandria
"Why call ye me Lord, Lord," He says, "and do not the things which I say?" For "the people that loveth with their lips, but have their heart far away from the Lord," is another people, and trust in another, and have willingly sold themselves to another; but those who perform the commandments of the Lord, in every action "testify," by doing what He wishes, and consistently naming the Lord's name; and "testifying" by deed to Him in whom they trust, that they are those "who have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts." "If …
Western Saints
Jerome
For he who sows in his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But he who sows in the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. Everything we speak, do, and think is sown in two fields, the flesh and the Spirit. If the things that are spoken, done, and thought are good, sown in the Spirit, they will abound with the fruits of eternal life. But if they are evil, taken from the field of the flesh, they will produce for us a harvest of corruption. …
Thomas Aquinas
He assigns the reason for this, saying, "For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap." He says therefore with respect to the first explanation: Surely you err in believing this, because God will render to each one according to his own merits: "For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap," i.e., he will be rewarded or punished according to his works, be they good or evil, great or small. …
Bonaventure
Against conjugal chastity it is objected: Galatians 6: He who sows in the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption: but sowing in the flesh is done through the act of conjugal continence: therefore conjugal continence is contrary to the law of God. …
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