Galatians 6:5

For every man must take up his own load.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For every man shall bear his own burden.

In Context

4But let a man examine his own conduct; and then his glorying will be within himself, and not in others.

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

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Cross References

Romans 2:6who will recompense to every man, according to his deeds;

1 Corinthians 3:8And he that planted, and he that watered are on a par; each receiveth his reward, according to his labor.

2 Corinthians 5:10For we are all to stand before the judgment-seat of the Messiah, that each may receive retribution in the body, for what he hath done in it, whether of good, or whether of 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 from the things written in the books, according to their deeds.

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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