American Standard Version
Galatians 6:2
2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
- New International Version (NIV)Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Context of Galatians 6:2
1Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.
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Cross-references for Galatians 6:2
- Galatians 6:5For each man shall bear his own burden.
- Galatians 5:13For 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.
- Exodus 23:5If 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.
- Numbers 11:11And 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?
- Deuteronomy 1:12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
- Isaiah 58:6Is 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?
- Matthew 8:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.
- Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- Luke 11:46And 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.
- Romans 15:1Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
- 1 Peter 2:24who 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.
- John 13:14If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
- John 15:12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
- 1 Corinthians 9:21to 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.
- James 2:8Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
Commentaries on Galatians 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Bear ye one another's burdens - Have sympathy; feel for each other; and consider the case of a distressed brother as your own. And so fulfill the law of Christ - That law or commandment, Ye shall love one another; or that, Do unto all men as ye would they should do unto you. We should be as indulgent to the infirmities of others, as we can be consistently with truth and righteousness: our brother's infirmity may be his burden; and if we do not choose to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Bear ye one another‘s burdens - See the note at Romans 15:1. Bear with each other; help each other in the divine life. The sense is, that every man has special temptations and easily besetting sins, which constitute a heavy burden. We should aid each other in regard to these, and help one another to overcome them. And so fulfil the law of Christ - The special law of Christ, requiring us to love one another; see the note at John 13:34. This was the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Helping each other with problems (6:1) follows Christ's command to love one another (5:13–14; see also Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 22:36–40; John 13:34; 15:12; 1 John 3:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. If ye, legalists, must "bear burdens," then instead of legal burdens (Mt 23:4), "bear one another's burdens," literally, "weights." Distinguished by Bengel from "burden," Ga 6:4 (a different Greek word, "load"): "weights" exceed the strength of those under them; "burden" is proportioned to the strength. so fulfil--or as other old manuscripts read, "so ye will fulfil," Greek, "fill up," "thoroughly fulfil." the law of Christ--namely, "love" (Ga 5:14)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Galatians 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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