Galatia 6:2-10

6:2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 6:3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 6:4 Let each one examine ¹  his own work. Then he can take pride ²  in himself and not compare himself with ³  someone else. 6:5 For each one will carry ⁴  his own load.

6:6 Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches ⁵  it. 6:7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. ⁶  For a person ⁷  will reap what he sows, 6:8 because the person who sows to his own flesh ⁸  will reap corruption ⁹  from the flesh, ¹⁰  but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. 6:9 So we must not grow weary ¹¹  in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. ¹²  6:10 So then, ¹³  whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith. ¹⁴ 

[6:4]  ¹ tn Or “determine the genuineness of.”

[6:4]  ² tn Grk “he will have a reason for boasting.”

[6:4]  ³ tn Or “and not in regard to.” The idea of comparison is implied in the context.

[6:5]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “each one must carry.” A number of modern translations treat βαστάσει (bastasei) as an imperatival future.

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Or “instructs,” “imparts.”

[6:7]  ⁶ tn Or “is not mocked,” “will not be ridiculed” (L&N 33.409). BDAG 660 s.v. μυκτηρίζω has “of God οὐ μ. he is not to be mocked, treated w. contempt, perh. outwitted Gal 6:7.”

[6:7]  ⁷ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

[6:8]  ⁸ tn BDAG 915 s.v. σάρξ 2.c.α states: “In Paul’s thought esp., all parts of the body constitute a totality known as σ. or flesh, which is dominated by sin to such a degree that wherever flesh is, all forms of sin are likew. present, and no good thing can live in the σάρξ…Gal 5:13, 24;…Opp. τὸ πνεῦμα…Gal 3:3; 5:16, 17ab; 6:8ab.”

[6:8]  ⁹ tn Or “destruction.”

[6:8]  ¹⁰ tn See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.

[6:9]  ¹¹ tn Or “not become discouraged,” “not lose heart” (L&N 25.288).

[6:9]  ¹² tn Or “if we do not become extremely weary,” “if we do not give out,” “if we do not faint from exhaustion” (L&N 23.79).

[6:10]  ¹³ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what Paul has been arguing.

[6:10]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “to those who are members of the family of [the] faith.”