Galatians 6:2

Galatians 6:2

Bear and Share the Burdens

1 Brethren, if a man is¹ overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of ^agentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

2 ^aBear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill ^bthe law of Christ.

3 For ^aif anyone thinks himself to be something, when ^bhe is nothing, he deceives himself.

4 But ^alet each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and ^bnot in another.

5 For ^aeach one shall bear his own load.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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If ye, legalists, must "bear burdens," then instead of legal burdens (Matthew 23:4), "bear one another's burdens," literally, "weights." Distinguished by BENGEL from "burden," Galatians 6:4 (a different Greek word, "load"): "weights" exceed the strength of those under them; "burden" is proportioned to the strength.

so fulfil—or as other old manuscripts read, "so ye will fulfil," Greek, "fill up," "thoroughly fulfil."

the law of Christ—namely, "love" (Galatians 5:14). Since ye desire "the law," then fulfil the law of Christ, which is not made up of various minute observances, but whose sole "burden" is "love" (John 13:34; John 15:12); Romans 15:3 gives Christ as the example in the particular duty here.

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