Galatians 6
1 And, brothers, if a man has been overtaken by any offense, you who are spiritual should instruct someone like this with a spirit of leniency, considering that you yourselves might also be tempted.
My friends, if someone is led astray by sin, you who are spiritual should bring them back with a gentle spirit. Watch out that you don't get tempted too.
2 Carry one another’s burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.
Carry each other's burdens, for in this way you fulfill the law of Christ.
3 For if anyone considers himself to be something, though he may be nothing, he deceives himself.
Those who think they're really something—when they're actually nothing—only fool themselves.
4 So let each one prove his own work. And in this way, he shall have glory in himself only, and not in another.
Carefully examine your actions. Then you can be satisfied with yourself, without comparing yourself to anyone else.
5 For each one shall carry his own burden.
We have to take responsibility for ourselves.
6 And let him who is being taught the Word discuss it with him who is teaching it to him, in every good way.
Those that are taught the Word should treat their teachers well, sharing with them all good things.
7 Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed. For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap.
Don't be fooled, God can't be treated with contempt: whatever you sow, that's what you reap.
8 For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
If you sow according to your sinful human nature, from that nature you'll reap self-destruction. But if you sow according to the Spirit, from the Spirit you'll reap eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
9 And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.
Let's never tire of doing good, for we'll reap a harvest at the proper time, if we don't give up.
10 Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.
So while we have time, let's do good to everyone—especially to those who belong to the family of faith.
11 Consider what kind of letters I have written to you with my own hand.
Notice how big the letters are, now that I'm writing with my own hand!
12 For as many of you as they desire to please in the flesh, they compel to be circumcised, but only so that they might not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.
Those people who only want to make a good impression are forcing you to be circumcised just so they won't be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
13 And yet, neither do they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law. Instead, they want you to be circumcised, so that they may glory in your flesh.
Even those who are circumcised don't keep the law, but they want to have you circumcised so that they can boast about you and claim you as their followers.
14 But far be it from me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Through this cross, the world has been crucified to me, and I've been crucified as far as the world is concerned.
15 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails in any way, but instead there is a new creature.
Circumcision or uncircumcision doesn't matter—what matters is that we're created brand new!
16 And whoever follows this rule: may peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
Peace and mercy to all who follow this principle, and to the Israel of God!
17 Concerning other matters, let no one trouble me. For I carry the stigmata of the Lord Jesus in my body.
Please, don't anyone trouble me anymore, because I carry on my body the scars of Jesus.
18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
My brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
