Galatians 6
1 My friends, even if someone should be caught committing a sin, you who are spiritually minded should, in a gentle spirit, help them to recover themselves, taking care that you yourselves are not tempted.
Ἀδελφοί, ἐὰν καὶ προλημφθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἔν τινι παραπτώματι, ὑμεῖς, οἱ πνευματικοὶ, καταρτίζετε τὸν τοιοῦτον ἐν πνεύματι πραΰτητος, σκοπῶν σεαυτόν, μὴ καὶ σὺ πειρασθῇς.
2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so carry out the Law of the Christ.
Ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε, καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσατε τὸν νόμον τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ.
3 If a person imagines themselves to be somebody, when they are really nobody, they deceive themselves.
Εἰ γὰρ δοκεῖ τις εἶναί τι, μηδὲν ὤν, φρεναπατᾷ ἑαυτόν.
4 Let everyone test their own work, and then their cause for satisfaction will be in themselves and not in a comparison with their neighbour;
Τὸ δὲ ἔργον ἑαυτοῦ δοκιμαζέτω ἕκαστος, καὶ τότε εἰς ἑαυτὸν μόνον τὸ καύχημα ἕξει, καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὸν ἕτερον.
5 for everyone must bear their own load.
Ἕκαστος γὰρ τὸ ἴδιον φορτίον βαστάσει.
6 The person, however, who is being instructed in the message ought always to share their blessings with their teacher.
Κοινωνείτω δὲ ὁ κατηχούμενος τὸν λόγον, τῷ κατηχοῦντι, ἐν πᾶσιν ἀγαθοῖς.
7 Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. What a person sows that they will reap.
Μὴ πλανᾶσθε, ˚Θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται. Ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει.
8 For the person who sows the field of their earthly nature will from that earthly nature reap corruption; while the one who sows the field of the spirit will from that spirit reap eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Ὅτι ὁ σπείρων εἰς τὴν σάρκα ἑαυτοῦ, ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς θερίσει φθοράν, ὁ δὲ σπείρων εἰς τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα, ἐκ τοῦ ˚Πνεύματος θερίσει ζωὴν αἰώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
9 Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we will reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.
Τὸ δὲ καλὸν ποιοῦντες, μὴ ἐγκακῶμεν, καιρῷ γὰρ ἰδίῳ, θερίσομεν μὴ ἐκλυόμενοι.
10 Therefore, I say, as the opportunity occurs, let us treat everyone with kindness, and especially members of the household of the faith.
Ἄρα οὖν, ὡς καιρὸν ἔχομεν, ἐργαζώμεθα τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς πάντας, μάλιστα δὲ πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως.
11 See in what large letters I am writing with my own hand.
Ἴδετε πηλίκοις ὑμῖν γράμμασιν ἔγραψα τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί.
12 The people who are trying to compel you to be circumcised are the people who wish to appear to advantage in regard to outward observances. They do it only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Jesus, the Christ
Ὅσοι θέλουσιν εὐπροσωπῆσαι ἐν σαρκί, οὗτοι ἀναγκάζουσιν ὑμᾶς περιτέμνεσθαι, μόνον ἵνα τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ ˚Ἰησοῦ μὴ διώκωνται.
13 Even these men who are circumcised do not themselves keep the Law; yet they want you to be circumcised, so that they may boast of your observance of the rite.
Οὐδὲ γὰρ οἱ περιτετμημένοι αὐτοὶ νόμον φυλάσσουσιν, ἀλλὰ θέλουσιν ὑμᾶς περιτέμνεσθαι, ἵνα ἐν τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ σαρκὶ καυχήσωνται.
14 But, for my part, may I never boast of anything except the cross of Jesus Christ, our Master, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Ἐμοὶ δὲ, μὴ γένοιτο καυχᾶσθαι, εἰ μὴ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ ˚Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ, διʼ οὗ ἐμοὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωται, κἀγὼ κόσμῳ.
15 For neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything; but a new nature is everything.
Οὔτε γὰρ περιτομή τί ἐστιν, οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ καινὴ κτίσις.
16 May all who rule their conduct by this principle find peace and mercy – they who are the Israel of God.
Καὶ ὅσοι τῷ κανόνι τούτῳ στοιχήσουσιν, εἰρήνη ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἔλεος, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ.
17 For the future let no one trouble me; for I bear the marks of Jesus branded on my body.
Τοῦ λοιποῦ, κόπους μοι μηδεὶς παρεχέτω, ἐγὼ γὰρ τὰ στίγματα τοῦ ˚Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματί μου βαστάζω.
18 May the blessing of Jesus Christ, our Lord, rest on your souls, friends. Amen.
Ἡ χάρις τοῦ ˚Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ, μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί. Ἀμήν!
