< Galatians 6 >
1 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.
Brethren! if a man should even be overtaken in any fault, ye, the spiritual, be restoring such a one, in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself, lest, even thou, be put to the test.
2 Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.
One another’s burdens, be ye bearing, and, so, fill up the law of the Christ.
3 For if there is any one who thinks himself to be somebody when he is nobody, he is deluding himself.
For, if any one thinketh he is something, when he is, nothing, he deceiveth himself;
4 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.
But, his own work, let each one be putting to the proof, and, then, for himself alone, the matter of boasting, shall he have, and not for some other,
5 For every man will have to carry his own load.
For, each one, his own proper load, shall bear: —
6 But let those who receive instruction in Christian truth share with their instructors all temporal blessings.
Howbeit, let him who is being orally instructed in the word, have fellowship with him that is so instructing him, in all good things.
7 Do not deceive yourselves. God is not to be scoffed at. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Be not deceiving yourselves! God, is not to be mocked; for, whatsoever a man soweth, the same, shall he also reap, —
8 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 )
Because, he that soweth into his own flesh, out of the flesh, shall reap corruption, whereas, he that soweth into the Spirit, out of the Spirit, shall reap age-abiding life. (aiōnios )
9 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.
And, in doing that which is honourable, let us not be fainthearted; for, in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.
10 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.
Hence, then, as we have opportunity, let us be working what is good, towards all, —but, especially, towards the family of the faith.
11 See in what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.
See! with what large letters, unto you, I have written, with my own hand: —
12 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.
As many as are wishing to make a good show in flesh, the same, are compelling you to get circumcised, —only that, for the cross of Christ [Jesus], they may not be suffering persecution!
13 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.
For, not even they who are getting circumcised, are, themselves, observing law, —but are wishing you to be circumcised, that, in your flesh, they may boast themselves.
14 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.
With me, however, far be it! to be boasting, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, —whereby, unto me, a world hath been crucified, and, I, unto a world;
15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only a renewed nature.
For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation; —
16 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.
And, as many as, by this rule, shall walk, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
17 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.
For the rest, annoyances, unto me, let no one be offering; for, I, the brandmarks of Jesus, in my body, am bearing.
18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits, brethren. Amen.
The favour of our Lord Jesus Christ, be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.