Galatians 6:5

For every one shall bear his own burden.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For every man shall bear his own burden.

In Context

4But let every one prove his own work, and so he shall have glory in himself only, and not in another.

6And let him that is instructed in the word, communicate to him that instructeth him, in all good things.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:10I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Ezekiel 18:4Behold all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, the same shall die.

Romans 2:6Who will render to every man according to his works.

1 Corinthians 3:8Now he that planteth, and he that watereth, ate one. And every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour.

2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all be manifested before the judgement seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil.

Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne, and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Matthew Henry on Galatians 6:2-11

Tenderness in Reproving; Self-Examination; Spiritual Mindedness and Beneficence. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering 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 think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in… Read the whole commentary →

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