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Support One Another

Brothers and sisters,[a] if a person[b] is discovered in some sin,[c] you who are spiritual[d] restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness.[e] Pay close attention[f] to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too. Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Let each one examine[g] his own work. Then he can take pride[h] in himself and not compare himself with[i] someone else. For each one will carry[j] his own load.

Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches[k] it.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 6:1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.
  2. Galatians 6:1 tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.
  3. Galatians 6:1 tn Or “some transgression” (L&N 88.297).
  4. Galatians 6:1 sn Who are spiritual refers to people who are controlled and directed by God’s Spirit.
  5. Galatians 6:1 tn Or “with a gentle spirit” or “gently.”
  6. Galatians 6:1 tn Grk “taking careful notice.”
  7. Galatians 6:4 tn Or “determine the genuineness of.”
  8. Galatians 6:4 tn Grk “he will have a reason for boasting.”
  9. Galatians 6:4 tn Or “and not in regard to.” The idea of comparison is implied in the context.
  10. Galatians 6:5 tn Or perhaps, “each one must carry.” A number of modern translations treat βαστάσει (bastasei) as an imperatival future.
  11. Galatians 6:6 tn Or “instructs,” “imparts.”

Bear One Another’s Burdens

(A)Brothers, even if [a]anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are (B)spiritual, (C)restore such a one (D)in a spirit of gentleness, each of you looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. (E)Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill (F)the law of Christ. For (G)if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But each one must (H)examine his own work, and then he will have reason for (I)boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. For (J)each one will bear his own load.

(K)And the one who is instructed in (L)the word is to share in all good things with the one who instructs him.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 6:1 Gr anthropos