Galatians 6:2

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Summary

Galatians 6:2

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Bear

The law

General references

2 Samuel 10:11

1 Corinthians 12:26

Bible References

Bear

For each man shall bear his own burden.

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.

And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

The law

If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

General references

And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.