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.

Brethren, if anybody be detected in any misconduct, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in a spirit of meekness. And let each of you keep watch over himself, lest he also fall into temptation.

2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so carry out the Law of the Christ.

Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.

3 If a person imagines themselves to be somebody, when they are really nobody, they deceive themselves.

For if there is any one who thinks himself to be somebody when he is nobody, he is deluding himself.

4 Let everyone test their own work, and then their cause for satisfaction will be in themselves and not in a comparison with their neighbor;

But let every man scrutinize his own conduct, and then he will find out, not with reference to another but with reference to himself, what he has to boast of.

5 for everyone must bear their own load.

For every man will have to carry his own load.

6 The person, however, who is being instructed in the message ought always to share their blessings with their teacher.

But let those who receive instruction in Christian truth share with their instructors all temporal blessings.

7 Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. What a person sows that they will reap.

Do not deceive yourselves. God is not to be scoffed at. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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)

He who sows in the field of his lower nature, will from that nature reap destruction; but he who sows to serve the Spirit will from the Spirit reap the Life of the Ages. (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.

Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.

10 Therefore, I say, as the opportunity occurs, let us treat everyone with kindness, and especially members of the household of the faith.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us labour for the good of all, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.

11 See in what large letters I am writing with my own hand.

See in what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.

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

All who desire to display their zeal for external observances try to compel you to receive circumcision, but their real object is simply to escape being persecuted for the Cross of Christ.

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.

For these very men do not really keep the Law of Moses, but they would have you receive circumcision in order that they may glory in your bodies.

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.

But as for me, God forbid that I should glory in anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world.

15 For neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything; but a new nature is everything.

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only a renewed nature.

16 May all who rule their conduct by this principle find peace and mercy – they who are the Israel of God.

And all who shall regulate their lives by this principle--may peace and mercy be given to them--and to the true Israel of God.

17 For the future let no one trouble me; for I bear the marks of Jesus branded on my body.

From this time onward let no one trouble me; for, as for me, I bear, branded on my body, the scars of Jesus as my Master.

18 May the blessing of Jesus Christ, our Lord, rest on your souls, friends. Amen.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits, brethren. Amen.