Galatians 6:5

for each one his own burden shall bear.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For every man shall bear his own burden.

In Context

4and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

6And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing — in all good things.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:10I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

Ezekiel 18:4Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son — they are Mine, The soul that is sinning — it doth die.

Romans 2:6who shall render to each according to his works;

1 Corinthians 3:8and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,

2 Corinthians 5:10for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things [done] through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

Revelation 20:12and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls — 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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