Galatians 6:2

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

1Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted. Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4Let each person examine his own work, and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else.

Galatians 6:2 word by word

ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσετε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Bear yeβαστάζωbastazō · to carryG941
• one another’sἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• burdensὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• burdensβάροςbaros · burdenG922
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• fulfilἀναπληρόωanaplēroō · to fulfilG378
• the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• of ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for Galatians 6:2

• Galatians 6:5For each person will have to carry his own load.
• Galatians 5:13For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
• Exodus 23:5“If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it.
• Numbers 11:11So Moses asked the Lord, “Why have you brought such trouble on your servant? Why are you angry with me, and why do you burden me with all these people?
• Deuteronomy 1:12But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?
• Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast I choose: To break the chains of wickedness, to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke?
• Matthew 8:17so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: He himself took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.
• Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
• Luke 11:46Then he said, “Woe also to you experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, and yet you yourselves don’t touch these burdens with one of your fingers.
• Romans 15:1Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:14And we exhort you, brothers and sisters: warn those who are idle, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
• 1 Peter 2:24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree; so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
• John 13:14So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
• John 15:12“This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you.
• 1 Corinthians 9:21To those who are without the law, like one without the law — though I am not without God’s law but under the law of Christ — to win those without the law.
• James 2:8Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing 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

Topics related to Galatians 6:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Burden
• Commandments
• Fellowship
• Fraternity
• Kindness
• Love
• Selfishness

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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