Galatians 6

CARRY ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS

6Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle^ba spirit,^Gbb watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted.^{bc 2}Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.^{bd 3}For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing,^be he deceives himself. ⁴Let each person examine his own work,^bf and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else. ⁵For each person will have to carry his own load.

⁶Let the one who is taught the word share^bg all his good things with the teacher. ⁷Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap, ⁸because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit^a will reap eternal life^b from the Spirit. ⁹Let us not get tired^c of doing good,^d for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up. ¹⁰Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work^e for the good^f of all, especially for those who belong to the household^g of faith.^h

CONCLUDING EXHORTATION

¹¹Look at what large letters I use as I write to you in my own handwriting. ¹²Those who want to make a good impression in the fleshⁱ are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised^j—but only to avoid being persecuted^k for the cross^l of Christ. ¹³For even the circumcised don’t keep^m the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh. ¹⁴But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world. ¹⁵For^A both circumcision and uncircumcisionⁿ mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.^{o 16}May peace come to all those who follow this standard, and mercy even to the Israel^p of God!^B

¹⁷From now on, let no one cause me trouble, because I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.^{q 18}Brothers and sisters, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.^r Amen.