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Bear One Another’s Burdens
1 ABrethren, even if
1anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are
Bspiritual,
Crestore such a one
Din a spirit of gentleness;
each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
2 ABear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill
Bthe law of Christ.
3 For
Aif anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
4 But each one must
Aexamine his own work, and then he will have
reason for Bboasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.
5 For
Aeach one will bear his own load.
6 AThe one who is taught
Bthe word is to share all good things with the one who teaches
him. 7 ADo not be deceived,
BGod is not mocked; for
Cwhatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
8 AFor the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap
Bcorruption, but
Cthe one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
9 ALet us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we
Bdo not grow weary.
10 So then,
1Awhile we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the
Bhousehold of
Cthe faith.
11 See with what large letters I
1am writing to you
Awith my own hand.
12 Those who desire
Ato make a good showing in the flesh try to
Bcompel you to be circumcised, simply so that they
Cwill not be persecuted
1for the cross of Christ.
13 For those who
1are circumcised do not even
Akeep
2the Law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised so that they may
Bboast in your flesh.
14 But
Amay it never be that I would boast,
Bexcept in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Cthrough
1which the world has been crucified to me, and
DI to the world.
15 For
Aneither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a
Bnew
1creation.
16 And those who will
1walk by this rule, peace and mercy
be upon them, and upon the
AIsrael of God.
17 From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the
Abrand-marks of Jesus.
18 AThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
Bwith your spirit,
Cbrethren. Amen.