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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.”

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else. For each man will bear his own burden.

But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

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