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Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.

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

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Living to Please Others

15 We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves.

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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 Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.

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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 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

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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 And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.[a]

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  1. 4:21 Greek The one who loves God must also love his brother.

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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Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a]

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  1. 2:8 Lev 19:18.

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: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.

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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 have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. 14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a]

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  1. 5:14 Lev 19:18.

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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Footnotes

  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

14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. 15 I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

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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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If you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has collapsed under its load, do not walk by. Instead, stop and help.

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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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Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.

If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer,[a] that person is still living in darkness. 10 Anyone who loves a fellow believer[b] is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.

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  1. 2:9 Greek hates his brother; also in 2:11.
  2. 2:10 Greek loves his brother.

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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Footnotes

  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 personally carried our sins
    in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
    and live for what is right.
By his wounds
    you are healed.

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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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21 When I am with the Gentiles who do not follow the Jewish law,[a] I too live apart from that law so I can bring them to Christ. But I do not ignore the law of God; I obey the law of Christ.

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  1. 9:21 Greek those without the law.

21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law(A) (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law),(B) so as to win those not having the law.

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