Reflexive Pronouns in New Testament 63 Man’s building on the flesh is sinful. This is called sowing to the flesh in Gl. 6:8. If the savrx brings fqorav, it is in the first instance a compre- hensive expression for all that in which man puts his trust. In antithetical parallelism to pneu`ma, however, savrx approximates to the idea of a [non- mythological] power which works on man and determines his destiny even beyond life on earth 22. Schweizer interprets the use of the reflexive with savrc and not with pneuma as follows: «This shows that the norm of the Spirit by which a ` man directs his life is not his own possibility but an alien possibility granted to him 23.» However, according to my rule (8), the reason for the reflexive with sarx is not because flesh, unlike spirit, is not an alien possibility. Rather v it is because savrx (‘flesh’) is the recipient of the action of which the trig- ger is the agent (it receives the sowing) and because it is a body part of the referent of the trigger. This means that savrx cannot be «all that in which man puts his trust» nor «a power which works on man and determines his destiny.» This is consistent with the understanding of Galatians as polemicizing against rituals of bodily purity such as circumcision, kosher foods, and the keeping of the Sabbath and other holy days. Conclusions In this paper I have investigated that syntactic and semantic con- straints on the use of reflexives. I have certainly not solved all of the prob- lems, but I have discovered a few basic principles that determine under what conditions a reflexive pronoun will be used. I will not summarize my conclusions since they can be easily reviewed by looking over my eight rules and three definitions. Instead I will merely mention a few notewor- thy observations that deserve further consideration. 1. Almost all generalizations that one might make concerning reflex- ives are wrong. 2. One must distinguish between reflexives and reciprocals; between first, second, and third person pronouns; and between various authors. 3. On the other hand, the NT authors seem to be surprisingly consis- tent in their constraints on triggers. 4. Point of view and focus seem to be important semantic constraints when the use of the reflexive form is syntantically optional. 22 Eduard Schweizer, «savrx,» TDNT 7 (1971) 132. 23 Eduard Schweizer, «pneu`ma, pneumatikov~,» TDNT 6 (1968) 430.