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

1 Corinthians 12:26

Bible References

Bear

For each one will bear his own load.

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases."

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

And he said, "Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

And we urge you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

The law

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

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

To those who are without law, I became as one without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without the law.

If you really fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

And this commandment we have from him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

General references

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.