Galatians 6:1-9

1Brothers, if anyone is caught in any sin, you who are spiritual [that is, you who are responsive to the guidance of the Spirit] are to restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness [not with a sense of superiority or self-righteousness], keeping a watchful eye on yourself, so that you are not tempted as well.

2Carry one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the requirements of the law of Christ [that is, the law of Christian love].

3For if anyone thinks he is something [special] when [in fact] he is nothing [special except in his own eyes], he deceives himself.

4But each one must carefully scrutinize his own work [examining his actions, attitudes, and behavior], and then he can have the personal satisfaction and inner joy of doing something commendable without comparing himself to another.

5For every person will have to bear [with patience] his own burden [of faults and shortcomings for which he alone is responsible].

6The one who is taught the word [of God] is to share all good things with his teacher [contributing to his spiritual and material support].

7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.

8For the one who sows to his flesh [his sinful capacity, his worldliness, his disgraceful impulses] will reap from the flesh ruin and destruction, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

9Let us not grow weary or become discouraged in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give in.