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Text -- Galatians 6:5 (NET)

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6:5 For each one will carry his own load.
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Robertson: Gal 6:5 - -- Each shall bear his own burden ( to idion phortion bastasei ). Phortion is old word for ship’ s cargo (Act 27:10). Christ calls his phortion ...

Each shall bear his own burden ( to idion phortion bastasei ).

Phortion is old word for ship’ s cargo (Act 27:10). Christ calls his phortion light, though he terms those of the Pharisees heavy (Mat 23:4), meant for other people. The terms are thus not always kept distinct, though Paul does make a distinction here from the barē in Gal 6:2.

Vincent: Gal 6:5 - -- Bear ye one another's burdens: every man shall bear his own burden. A kind of paradox of which Paul is fond. See Phi 2:12, Phi 2:13; 2Co 6:8-10; 2Co ...

Bear ye one another's burdens: every man shall bear his own burden. A kind of paradox of which Paul is fond. See Phi 2:12, Phi 2:13; 2Co 6:8-10; 2Co 7:10; 2Co 12:10. Paul means, no one will have occasion to claim moral superiority to his neighbor, for (γὰρ ) each man's self-examination will reveal infirmities enough of his own, even though they may not be the same as those of his neighbor. His own burdens will absorb his whole attention, and will leave him no time to compare himself with others.

His own burden ( τὸ ἴδιον φορτίον )

For ἴδιον own , see on 1Ti 6:1. With φορτίον burden comp. βάρη burdens , Gal 6:2. It is doubtful whether any different shade of meaning is intended. Originally βάρη emphasizes the weight of the burden, φορτίον simply notes the fact that it is something to be born (φέρειν ), which may be either light or heavy. See Mat 11:30; Mat 23:4; Psa 37:4; Luk 11:46. Comp. Act 27:10, the lading of a ship.

Wesley: Gal 6:5 - -- ln that day shall give an account of himself to God.

ln that day shall give an account of himself to God.

JFB: Gal 6:5 - -- For (by this way, Gal 6:4, of proving himself, not depreciating his neighbor by comparison) each man shall bear his own "burden," or rather, "load" (n...

For (by this way, Gal 6:4, of proving himself, not depreciating his neighbor by comparison) each man shall bear his own "burden," or rather, "load" (namely, of sin and infirmity), the Greek being different from that in Gal 6:2. This verse does not contradict Gal 6:2. There he tells them to bear with others' "burdens" of infirmity in sympathy; here, that self-examination will make a man to feel he has enough to do with "his own load" of sin, without comparing himself boastfully with his neighbor. Compare Gal 6:3. Instead of "thinking himself to be something," he shall feel the "load" of his own sin: and this will lead him to bear sympathetically with his neighbor's burden of infirmity. ÆSOP says a man carries two bags over his shoulder, the one with his own sins hanging behind, that with his neighbor's sins in front.

Clarke: Gal 6:5 - -- Every man shall bear his own burden - All must answer for themselves, not for their neighbors. And every man must expect to be dealt with by the Div...

Every man shall bear his own burden - All must answer for themselves, not for their neighbors. And every man must expect to be dealt with by the Divine Judge, as his character and conduct have been. The greater offenses of another will not excuse thy smaller crimes. Every man must give account of himself to God.

Calvin: Gal 6:5 - -- 5.For every man shall bear his own burdens. To destroy sloth and pride, he brings before us the judgment of God, in which every individual for himsel...

5.For every man shall bear his own burdens. To destroy sloth and pride, he brings before us the judgment of God, in which every individual for himself, and without a comparison with others, will give an account of his life. It is thus that we are deceived; for, if a man who has but one eye is placed among the blind, he considers his vision to be perfect; and a tawny person among negroes thinks himself white. The apostle affirms that the false conclusions to which we are thus conducted will find no place in the judgment of God; because there every one will bear his own burden, and none will stand acquitted by others from their own sins. This is the true meaning of the words.

TSK: Gal 6:5 - -- Isa 3:10,Isa 3:11; Jer 17:10, Jer 32:19; Eze 18:4; Mat 16:27; Rom 2:6-9; Rom 14:10-12; 1Co 3:8, 1Co 4:5; 2Co 5:10,2Co 5:11; Rev 2:23, Rev 20:12-15, Re...

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Barnes: Gal 6:5 - -- For every man shall bear his own burden - This seems to be a kind of proverbial saying; and it means here, every man shall have his proper rewa...

For every man shall bear his own burden - This seems to be a kind of proverbial saying; and it means here, every man shall have his proper reward. If he is a virtuous man, he will be happy; if a vicious man, he will be miserable. If a virtuous man, he will have the source of happiness in himself; if a sinner, he must bear the proper penalty of his sin. In the great day every man shall be properly rewarded. Knowing this, we should be little anxious about the sentiments of others, and should seek to maintain a good conscience toward God and man. The design of this passage is, to prevent people from forming an improper estimate of themselves, and of the opinions of others. Let a man feel that he is soon to stand at the judgment-seat, and it will do much to keep him from an improper estimate of his own importance; let him feel that he must give an account to God, and that his great interests are to be determined by the estimate which God will affix to his character, and it will teach him that the opinion of the world is of little value. This will restrain his vanity and ambition. This will show him that the great business of life is to secure the favor of God, and to be prepared to give up his account; and there is no way so effectual of checking ambition, and subduing vanity and the love of applause, as to feel that we are soon to stand at the awesome bar of God.

Poole: Gal 6:5 - -- That is, God will judge every man in the last day, according not to what others have done, but to what he himself hath done, 1Co 3:8 . Therefore eve...

That is, God will judge every man in the last day, according not to what others have done, but to what he himself hath done, 1Co 3:8 . Therefore every one is concerned to

prove his own work for at last his eternal joy and rejoicing, or sorrow and mourning, shall be according to what he himself hath wrought, not according to what others have wrought. If ever they enter into the joy of heaven, they shall rejoice in their own work. And if eternal sorrow be their portion, they shall groan under their own burdens; they will not be the sins of others, but their own sins, which will sink them into eternal misery. For though superiors shall answer to God for the sins of their inferiors, yet it shall not properly be for their inferiors’ sins, but for their own sins, in neglecting to warn and to reprove them, and to do what in them lay to have hindered them in their sinful courses.

Gill: Gal 6:5 - -- For every man shall bear his own burden. That is, either do his own work, which God has allotted him to do, whether in a more public or private statio...

For every man shall bear his own burden. That is, either do his own work, which God has allotted him to do, whether in a more public or private station of life; which, because it is generally troublesome to the flesh, is called a "burden", and "his own", being peculiar to himself, and in which no other is concerned; and which he should patiently bear, cheerfully attend to, and constantly and faithfully perform while in this world: or he shall give an account of his own actions, and not another's, to God, in the other world; he shall be judged according to his own works, what they are in themselves, and not by a comparison of other men's, who have been more wicked than he; which will be no rule of judgment with God, nor of any advantage to man. Every wicked man will bear his own burden; that is, the punishment of his own sins, and not another's; so the judgments of God, inflicted on men in this world, are often called משא, "a burden"; see Isa 13:1 and so may the punishment of the wicked in another world, which will be grievous and intolerable. The saints will be exempt from bearing this burden, because Christ has bore it for them, even all their sins, and all the punishment due unto them; but another burden, if it may be so called, even an exceeding and eternal weight of glory, shall be bore by them; and every man shall receive his own reward, and not another's; and that according to his own works and labour, and not another's; not indeed for his works, but according to them, the nature of them, according to the grace of God, from whence his works spring, and by which they are performed. This the apostle says to take off men from dwelling upon, and censuring the actions of others, and from making use of them to set off their own, and buoy themselves up with vain hopes, because they are better than others; and also to engage them to attend strictly to their own actions, and consider them simply and absolutely as in themselves, and not as compared with other men's, since they will be accountable for their own actions, and not other men's; and will be judged according to their own works, and not in a comparative view to others.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gal 6:5 Or perhaps, “each one must carry.” A number of modern translations treat βαστάσει (bastasei) as an...

Geneva Bible: Gal 6:5 ( 4 ) For every man shall bear his own burden. ( 4 ) A reason why men ought to carefully watch themselves not others, because every man will be judge...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Gal 6:1-18 - --1 He moves them to deal mildly with a brother that has slipped,2 and to bear one another's burden;6 to be liberal to their teachers,9 and not weary of...

Combined Bible: Gal 6:5 - --color="#000000"> 5. Every man shall bear his own burden.      That means: For anybody to covet praise is foolish becaus...

Maclaren: Gal 6:2-5 - --Burden-Bearing Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 5. For every man shall bear his own burden.'--Gal. 6:2-5. THE injuncti...

MHCC: Gal 6:1-5 - --We are to bear one another's burdens. So we shall fulfil the law of Christ. This obliges to mutual forbearance and compassion towards each other, agre...

Matthew Henry: Gal 6:1-10 - -- The apostle having, in the foregoing chapter, exhorted Christians by love to serve one another (Gal 6:13), and also cautioned us (Gal 6:16) agains...

Barclay: Gal 6:1-5 - --Paul knew the problems that arise in any Christian society. The best of men slip up. The word Paul uses (paraptoma, 3900) does not mean a deliberat...

Constable: Gal 5:1--6:11 - --IV. PRACTICAL APPLICATION TO CHRISTIAN LIVING 5:1--6:10 Paul moved next from theology (chs. 3-4) to ethics, from...

Constable: Gal 6:1-10 - --B. Responsibilities of the Christian life 6:1-10 Being free from the Mosaic Law does not mean being free...

Constable: Gal 6:2-5 - --2. Toward burdened Christians 6:2-5 6:2 In view of the context probably the burden Paul had in mind was an excessive burden of particular temptation a...

College: Gal 6:1-18 - --GALATIANS 6 F. THE LAW OF CHRIST (6:1-6) 1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yours...

McGarvey: Gal 6:5 - --For each man shall bear his own burden. [Greek, phortion, burden or responsibility. Bear one another's burden of trial and suffering, those burdens wh...

Lapide: Gal 6:1-18 - --CHAPTER 6 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He exhorts the Galatians to good works, especially works of mercy towards Christians, particularly doctors and...

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Commentary -- Other

Contradiction: Gal 6:5 97. Are we to bear one another's burdens (Galatians 6:2), or are we to bear only our own burdens (Galatians 6:5)? (Category: misread the text) The ...

Critics Ask: Gal 6:5 GALATIANS 6:5 —Are we to bear other’s burdens or our own? PROBLEM: In Galatians 6:2 , Paul exhorts us to “bear one another’s burdens, and...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Galatians (Book Introduction) The Epistle To The Galatians Probable Date a.d. 56 Or 57 By Way of Introduction It is a pity that we are not able to visualize more clearly the ...

JFB: Galatians (Book Introduction) THE internal and external evidence for Paul's authorship is conclusive. The style is characteristically Pauline. The superscription, and allusions to ...

JFB: Galatians (Outline) SUPERSCRIPTION. GREETINGS. THE CAUSE OF HIS WRITING IS THEIR SPEEDY FALLING AWAY FROM THE GOSPEL HE TAUGHT. DEFENSE OF HIS TEACHING: HIS APOSTOLIC CA...

TSK: Galatians (Book Introduction) The Galatians, or Gallograecians, were the descendants of Gauls, who migrated from their own country, and after a series of disasters, got possession ...

TSK: Galatians 6 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Gal 6:1, He moves them to deal mildly with a brother that has slipped, Gal 6:2, and to bear one another’s burden; Gal 6:6, to be libera...

Poole: Galatians 6 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 6

MHCC: Galatians (Book Introduction) The churches in Galatia were formed partly of converted Jews, and partly of Gentile converts, as was generally the case. St. Paul asserts his apostoli...

MHCC: Galatians 6 (Chapter Introduction) (Gal 6:1-5) Exhortations to meekness, gentleness, and humility. (Gal 6:6-11) To kindness towards all men, especially believers. (Gal 6:12-15) The Ga...

Matthew Henry: Galatians (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians This epistle of Paul is directed not to the church or churches...

Matthew Henry: Galatians 6 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter chiefly consists of two parts. In the former the apostle gives us several plain and practical directions, which more especially tend t...

Barclay: Galatians (Book Introduction) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS OF PAUL The Letters Of Paul There is no more interesting body of documents in the New Testament than the letter...

Barclay: Galatians 6 (Chapter Introduction) Burden-Bearing (Gal_6:1-5) Keeping It Up (Gal_6:6-10) The Closing Words (Gal_6:11-18)

Constable: Galatians (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical Background "The most uncontroverted matter in the study of Gal...

Constable: Galatians (Outline)

Constable: Galatians Galatians Bibliography Allen, Kenneth W. "Justification by Faith." Bibliotheca Sacra 135:538 (April-June 1978):...

Haydock: Galatians (Book Introduction) THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE GALATIANS. INTRODUCTION. The Galatians, soon after St. Paul had preached the gospel to them, were...

Gill: Galatians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO GALATIANS The persons to whom this epistle is written were not such who made up a single church only, in some certain town or city,...

Gill: Galatians 6 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO GALATIANS 6 In this chapter the apostle exhorts to the exercise of various things, which greatly become professors of religion, suc...

College: Galatians (Book Introduction) FOREWORD Since the earliest days of the concept of a commentary series jointly authored by church of Christ and Christian church scholars, I have eag...

College: Galatians (Outline) OUTLINE I. AUTHORITY: The Apostolic Gospel - 1:1-2:21 A. Greeting - 1:1-5 B. Paul's Astonishment - 1:6-10 C. Paul's Call by God - 1:11-17 ...

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