Galatians 6:2

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 6:2

6:2 Bear (b-1) fulfil (b-7) 'Bear' is in the present tense, 'fulfil' in the aorist. 'thus have it fulfilled.' see Romans 6:13 . burdens, (c-4) The words for 'burden' in vers. 2 and 5 are different; ver. 2 is the same as Matthew 20:12 ; ver. 5 as Matthew 11:30 . the (d-11) Or 'Christ,' but the article is better here in English. The expression alludes to their fondness for law. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:1-18

Practical Exhortations. The Apostle’s Glorying1-5. The nature and requirements of the law of love.Paraphrase. ’(1) If sin overcome one of your number, try to correct the fault in a temper of gentleness, remembering that you yourselves may some time need a similar forgiveness. (2) Share each other’s cares and sorrows, and so fulfil Christ’s law of love. (3) Shun. the self-deception which springs from pride; (4, 5) let each man test his actions on their own merits and not by comparison with other... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 6:1-5

VI.(1-5) Be charitable to the fallen, for you, too, may fall yourselves. Sympathise with each other. Indulge in no delusions as to your own superiority. Look each to his own work, and see that that is sound. He will find enough to do without entering into idle comparisons with others.Galatians 6:2-3 are a sort of repetition, with some expansion, of Galatians 6:1. Deal considerately and kindly with the fallen, for you may fall. Bear each other’s burdens, for to claim any superiority to them is... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 6:2

(2) Bear yo one another’s burdens.—Take them upon yourselves by kindly sympathy. Our Lord Himself was said to “bear” the physical infirmities of those whom He healed. (Matthew 8:17 : “He bare our sicknesses.”)So fulfil.—The reading here is somewhat doubtful, and the balance of authorities interesting. On the one hand, for the Received text adopted in our version is a large majority of the MSS.; on the other hand, the reading, ye shall fulfil, is found in the Vatican and two good Græco-Latin[62]... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Galatians 6:1-18

Bearing One Another's Burdens Galatians 6:2 We sometimes read that in shipwrecks, and the like times of great danger, the cry is 'Every man for himself, and God for us all'. It cannot be so in reality. If every man be for himself and himself alone, then God will not be for any of us. I. We read in the Collect for Michaelmas Day that God has constituted the services of men as well as angels in a wonderful order. He has made us all to lean on one another; He has so ordered the world that in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Galatians 6:1-5

Chapter 26OUR BROTHER’S BURDEN AND OUR OWN.Galatians 6:1-5THE division of the chapters at this point is almost as unfortunate as that between chaps. 4 and 5. The introductory "Brethren" is not a form of transition to a new topic; it calls in the brotherly love of the Galatians to put an end to the bickerings and recriminations which the Apostle has censured in the preceding verses. How unseemly for brethren to be "vainglorious" towards each other, to be "provoking and envying one another!" If... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Galatians 6:1-18

CHAPTER 6 1. Concerning the Restoration of a brother. (Galatians 6:1-5 ) 2. Concerning Reaping and Sowing. (Galatians 6:6-10 ) 3. The conclusion. (Galatians 6:11-18 ) Practical exhortations conclude the defense of the gospel. The previous chapter stated that they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh and its lusts. In the beginning of this chapter the treatment to be accorded to a man (a brother) who has been overtaken in a fault is given. The law would demand the cutting off of such... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Galatians 6:2

6:2 {3} Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the {e} law of Christ.(3) He shows that this is the end of rebukes, to raise up our brother who is fallen, and not proudly to oppress him. Therefore every one must seek to have praise of his own life by approving himself, and not by rebuking others.(e) Christ, in plain and clear words, calls the commandment of charity his commandment. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:1-18

CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO FAIL (vs.1-5) The Galatians may have considered themselves spiritual because they were legal-minded. There is a good test for this. What about a person overtaken in a fault? Shall we callously say, "That's his problem, not mine"? Or shall we despise and ostracize the erring one? Either attitude is commonly that of a legal mind. But if one is spiritual, there is good work for him to do in restoring such a person (v.1), for compassion is one of the lovely marks of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Galatians 6:1-18

PRACTICAL APPLICATION In applying the doctrine Paul urges his readers to stand fast in the liberty of Christ (Galatians 5:1-12 ), but in doing so not to abuse that liberty (Galatians 5:13 to Galatians 6:10 ). He mentions four ways in which it may be abused: 1. Uncharitableness (Galatians 5:13-15 ) 2. Uncleanness (Galatians 5:16-25 ) 3. Pride (Galatians 5:26 to Galatians 6:5 ) 4. Selfishness (Galatians 6:6-10 ) The first-mentioned warning or exhortation speaks for itself. They were to cease... read more

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