Galatianschapter 6

18 verses · ASV

This chapter sends 327 cross-references outward and receives 406 — heaviest partner: 1 Corinthians.

Chapter summary

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Let us not be weary in well doing; in due season we shall reap. Paul writes the closing with his own hand: God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ Jesus, neither circumcision availeth, but a new creature. Henry reads the chapter as the epistle's ethical coda, anchored to the cross.

Drafted from Matthew Henry, Calvin, Gill, Clarke, JFB, and Barnes.

Context

Epistle · Paul — see the Galatians overview for the book's full setting.

1 Brethren, 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.

2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

4 But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.

5 For each man shall bear his own burden.

6 But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

8 For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

9 And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.