Galatians 6:2

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. If ye, legalists, must 'bear burdens,' then (Matthew 23:4) 'bear, not legal (Matthew 23:4), but one another's burdens' (bare), 'weights.' Distinguished (Bengel) from "burden," Galatians 6:5 [ fortion (G5413), 'load']. 'Weights' exceed the strength; "burden" is proportioned to the strength. Rather, Bare 'weights' is more general, referring to the community; phortion, 'a load,' refers to the particular sins of each. The weights of the infirm, afflicted, and erring are to be shared in by the communion of saints ...

2._Bear ye one another’s burdens_. The weaknesses or sins, under which we groan, are called _burdens_. This phrase is singularly appropriate in an exhortation to kind behavior, for nature dictates to us that those who bend under a burden ought to be relieved. He enjoins us to _bear _the burdens. We must not indulge or overlook the sins by which our brethren are pressed down, but relieve them, — which can only be done by mild and friendly correction. There are many adulterers and thieves, many wicked and abandoned characters of every description, who would willingly make Christ an accomplice in their crimes. All would choose to lay upon believers the task of bearing their burdens. But as the apostle had immediately before exhorted us to _restore _a brother, the manner in which Christians are required to _bear one another’s burdens _cannot be mistaken. _And so fulfill the law of Christ_. T...

1-5 We are to bear one another's burdens. So we shall fulfil the law of Christ. This obliges to mutual forbearance and compassion towards each other, agreeably to his example. It becomes us to bear one another's burdens, as fellow-travellers. It is very common for a man to look upon himself as wiser and better than other men, and as fit to dictate to them. Such a one deceives himself; by pretending to what he has not, he puts a cheat upon himself, and sooner or later will find the sad effects. This will never gain esteem, either with God or men. Every one is advised to prove his own work. The better we know our own hearts and ways, the less shall we despise others, and the more be disposed to help them under infirmities and afflictions. How light soever men's sins seem to them when committed, yet they will be found a heavy burden, when they come to reckon with God about them. No man can...

Verse Galatians 6:2. _BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS_] Have _sympathy_; feel for each other; and consider the case of a distressed brother as your own. _AND SO FULFIL 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 help him to bear it, let us not reproach him because he is obliged to carry the load....

BEAR 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 distinguishing law of the Redeemer; and they could in no way better fulfil it than by aiding each other in the divine life. The law of Christ would not allow us to reproach the offender, or to taunt him, or to rejoice in his fall. We should help him to take up his load of infirmities, and sustain h

EXPOSITION GALATIANS 6:1 BRETHREN, IF (or, _although_)_ _A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT (ἀδελφοί ἐὰν καὶ προληφθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἔν τινι παραπτέματι);_ brethren_',_ if even a man hath been overtaken in some trespass. _"Brethren;" the compellation so introduced betokens a somewhat pathetic urgency: el. above, Galatians 3:15; Galatians 4:31; Galatians 5:11. But Philippians 3:13,...

BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS,.... Which may be understood either of sins, which are heavy burdens to sensible sinners, to all that are partakers of the grace of God; Christ is only able to bear these burdens, so as to remove them and take them away, which he has done by his blood, sacrifice, and satisfaction; saints bear one another's, not by making satisfaction for them, which they are not able to do, nor by conniving at them, and suffering them upon them, which they should not do, but by gently reproving them, by comforting them when overpressed with guilt, by sympathizing with them in their sorrow, by praying to God for to manifest his pardoning grace to them, and by forgiving them themselves, so far as they are faults committed against them: or else the frailties and infirmities of weak saints, which are troublesome, and apt to make uneasy, are meant; and which are to be bore by the...

Galatians 6:1. _Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,_ If he travels so slowly that his faults catch him up, and knock him down: «If a man be overtaken in a fault,» Galatians 6:1. _Ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness;_ Set his bones for him if they have been broken; put him in his proper place again. Galatians 6:1. _Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted._ What would you wish others to do to you if you were in the position of this fallen one? The apostle does not say, «Considering thyself lest thou also be overtaken in a fault.» No, but, «lest thou also be tempted,» as much as to say, «It only needs the

GALATIANS 6:2 avnaplhrw,sete {C} Although the aorist imperative avnaplhrw,sate is strongly supported (a A C Dgr K P Y 614 1739 syrh arm _al_), the future tense appeared to the Committee to be slightly preferable on the basis of early and diversified external attestation ((î46) B G and most ancient versions), as well as transcriptional probability (scribes would be likely to conform the future to the preceding imperatives, katarti,zete (ver. Galatians 6:1) and basta,zete...

CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Concerning the Restoration of a brother. (Galatians 6:1)_ 2. Concerning Reaping and Sowing. (Galatians 6:6) 3. The conclusion. (Galatians 6:11) 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 a one. It is harsh and merciless. But grace bears a different message. “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself,