6:1 Brothers, if a person is caught doing something wrong, those of you who are spiritual should restore that person in a spirit of gentleness. Watch out for yourself so that you are not tempted as well. |
6:2 Practice carrying each other's burdens. In this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. |
6:3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself. |
6:4 Each person must approve his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not those of his neighbor. |
6:5 For everyone must carry his own load. |
6:6 The person who is taught the word should share all his goods with his teacher. |
6:7 Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants. |
6:8 For the person who plants in his flesh will harvest decay from the flesh, but the person who plants in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit. |
6:9 Let us not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest-if we do not give up. |
6:10 So then, whenever we have the opportunity, let us practice doing good to everyone, especially to the family of faith. |
6:11 Look at how large these letters are because I am writing with my own hand! |
6:12 These people who want to impress others by their flesh are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. |
6:13 Why, not even those who are circumcised obey the law! They simply want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh. |
6:14 But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world! |
6:15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. Rather, what matters is being a new creation. |
6:16 Now may peace be on all those who live by this principle, and may mercy be on the Israel of God. |
6:17 From now on let no one make trouble for me, for I carry the scars of Jesus on my own body. |
6:18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers! Amen. |