Galatians 6:5

For each man shall bear his own burden.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

For every man shall bear his own burden.

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:10I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

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, it 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 are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.

Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the 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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