^5:25If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with⁴⁸ the Spirit. ^5:26Let us not become conceited,⁴⁹ provoking⁵⁰ one another, being jealous⁵¹ of one another.

Support One Another

^6:1Brothers and sisters,¹ if a person² is discovered in some sin,³ you who are spiritual⁴ restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness.⁵ Pay close attention⁶ to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too. ^6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. ^6:3For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ^6:4Let each one examine⁷ his own work. Then he can take pride⁸ in himself and not compare himself with⁹ someone else. ^6:5For each one will carry¹⁰ his own load.

^6:6Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches¹¹ it. ^6:7Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool.¹² For a person¹³ will reap what he sows, ^6:8because the person who sows to his own flesh¹⁴ will reap corruption¹⁵ from the flesh,¹⁶ but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. ^6:9So we must not grow weary¹⁷ in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.¹⁸^6:10So then,¹⁹ whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.²⁰

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Galatians 5:25: If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

Footnotes

48 Or “let us also follow,” “let us also walk by.”
49 Or “falsely proud.”
50 Or “irritating.” προκαλέω has “provoke, challenge τινά someone.”
51 Or “another, envying one another.”
1 Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in .
2 Here ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.
3 Or “some transgression” (L&N 88.297).
4 Who are spiritual refers to people who are controlled and directed by God’s Spirit.
5 Or “with a gentle spirit” or “gently.”
6 Grk “taking careful notice.”
7 Or “determine the genuineness of.”
8 Grk “he will have a reason for boasting.”
9 Or “and not in regard to.” The idea of comparison is implied in the context.
10 Or perhaps, “each one must carry.” A number of modern translations treat βαστάσει (bastasei) as an imperatival future.
11 Or “instructs,” “imparts.”
12 Or “is not mocked,” “will not be ridiculed” (L&N 33.409). μυκτηρίζω has “of God οὐ μ. he is not to be mocked, treated contempt, perh. outwitted Gal 6:7.”
13 Here ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.
14 σάρξ 2.c.α states: “In Paul’s thought esp., all parts of the body constitute a totality known as ς. or flesh, which is dominated by sin to such a degree that wherever flesh is, all forms of sin are likew. present, and no good thing can live in the σάρξ … Gal 5:13, 24; … Opp. τὸ πνεῦμα … Gal 3:3; 5:16, 17ab; 6:8ab.”
15 Or “destruction.”
16 See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.
17 Or “not become discouraged,” “not lose heart” (L&N 25.288).
18 Or “if we do not become extremely weary,” “if we do not give out,” “if we do not faint from exhaustion” (L&N 23.79).
19 There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what Paul has been arguing.
20 Grk “to those who are members of the family of [the] faith.”