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Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill[a] the law of Christ.(A)

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  1. 6.2 Other ancient authorities read in this way fulfill

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.(A)

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Please Others, Not Yourselves

15 We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.(A)

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15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak(A) and not to please ourselves.

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14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.(A)

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14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle(A) and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak,(B) be patient with everyone.

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34 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.(A)

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34 “A new command(A) I give you: Love one another.(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.(C)

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21 The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.

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21 And he has given us this command:(A) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.(B)

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If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.(A)

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If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a](A) you are doing right.

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  1. James 2:8 Lev. 19:18

12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.(A)

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12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.(A)

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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence,[a] but through love become enslaved to one another.(A) 14 For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(B)

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  1. 5.13 Gk the flesh

Life by the Spirit

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(A) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(B) rather, serve one another(C) humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b](D)

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  1. Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.
  2. Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18

“When you see the donkey of one who hates you struggling under its burden and you would hold back from setting it free, you must help to set it free.(A)

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If you see the donkey(A) of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.

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14 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.(A) 15 For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.(B)

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14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.(A) 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.(B)

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Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because[a] the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.(A) Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.(B) 10 Whoever loves a brother or sister abides in the light, and in such a person[b] there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates a brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.(C)

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  1. 2.8 Or that
  2. 2.10 Or in it

Yet I am writing you a new command;(A) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(B) and the true light(C) is already shining.(D)

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[a](E) is still in the darkness.(F) 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[b] lives in the light,(G) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(H) 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(I) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(J) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(K)

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  1. 1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
  2. 1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.

24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,[a] so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds[b] you have been healed.(A)

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  1. 2.24 Or carried up our sins in his body to the tree
  2. 2.24 Gk bruise

24 “He himself bore our sins”(A) in his body on the cross,(B) so that we might die to sins(C) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”(D)

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29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(A) 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,(A) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(B) 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”(C)

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