Galatians 6:5

for each one shall bear his own responsibility.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

For every man shall bear his own burden.

In Context

4But let each one prove his own work, and then he shall have rejoicing to himself alone, and not to another;

6But let the one who is taught the word communicate to the one teaching in all good things.

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Cross References

Romans 2:6who will give to each one according to his works:

1 Corinthians 3:8But he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

2 Corinthians 5:10For it behooves us all to appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive according to those things which he has done through the body, whether good or evil.

Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; and the 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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