Galatians 6:5

For each one should carry his own load.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For every man shall bear his own burden.

In Context

4Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

Romans 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

1 Corinthians 3:8He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

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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