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Bear one another’s burdens,(A) and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.[a] (B)For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is deluding himself. [b]Each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast with regard to himself alone, and not with regard to someone else;

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Footnotes

  1. 6:2 The law of Christ: cf. Rom 8:2; 1 Cor 9:21; Gal 5:14. The principle of love for others is meant. To bear one another’s burdens is to “serve one another through love” (Gal 5:13).
  2. 6:4–5 Self-examination is the cure for self-deception. Compare what you are with what you were before, and give the glory to God; cf. Rom 6:19–22. Load: used elsewhere of a soldier’s pack. Correcting one’s own conduct avoids burdening others with it.

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.(A) If anyone thinks they are something(B) when they are not, they deceive themselves.(C) Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone,(D) without comparing themselves to someone else,(E)

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