Galatians 6:5

For every one shall bear his own burthen.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

For every man shall bear his own burden.

In Context

4But let every one try his own work, and then he will have matter of glorying in himself alone, and not in another.

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

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Cross References

Romans 2:6who will render to every one according to his works:

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

2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, that every one may receive for the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it were good or bad.

Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged by the things 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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