Galatians 6:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Bear one another’s burdens,(A) and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.[a] 3 (B)For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is deluding himself. 4 [b]Each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast with regard to himself alone, and not with regard to someone else;
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- 6:2 The law of Christ: cf. Rom 8:2; 1 Cor 9:21; Gal 5:14. The principle of love for others is meant. To bear one another’s burdens is to “serve one another through love” (Gal 5:13).
- 6:4–5 Self-examination is the cure for self-deception. Compare what you are with what you were before, and give the glory to God; cf. Rom 6:19–22. Load: used elsewhere of a soldier’s pack. Correcting one’s own conduct avoids burdening others with it.
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