Galaten 6:2

Staten Vertaling

Draagt elkanders lasten, en vervult alzo de wet van Christus.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Draagt elkanders lasten en volbrengt zo de wet van Christus.

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
De een drage des anderen lasten, zo zult gij Christus' wet vervullen.

Bible Verse Review
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Bear: Galatians 6:5, Galatians 5:13, Galatians 5:14, Exodus 23:5, Numbers 11:11, Numbers 11:12, Deuteronomy 1:12, Isaiah 58:6, Matthew 8:17, Matthew 11:29, Matthew 11:30, Luke 11:46, Romans 15:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:14, 1 Peter 2:24

the law: John 13:14, John 13:15, John 13:34, John 15:12, 1 Corinthians 9:21, James 2:8, 1 John 2:8-11, 1 John 4:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:14 - his brother Exodus 26:26 - bars of shittim wood Numbers 10:31 - instead of eyes Deuteronomy 22:4 - thou shalt surely Joshua 1:15 - Until 1 Samuel 11:4 - lifted up 2 Samuel 10:11 - General 1 Chronicles 19:12 - If the Syrians 1 Chronicles 22:13 - to fulfil Ezra 1:4 - help him Job 6:14 - To him Song of Solomon 5:8 - if ye Luke 5:7 - that they should 1 Corinthians 5:5 - that 1 Corinthians 12:26 - General 1 Corinthians 13:5 - seeketh 1 Corinthians 13:7 - Beareth 2 Corinthians 2:7 - ye 2 Corinthians 2:8 - that 2 Corinthians 11:29 - is weak Ephesians 4:2 - forbearing Philippians 2:26 - ye had Colossians 3:13 - Forbearing Hebrews 13:3 - which suffer 1 John 3:11 - that we 1 John 3:18 - let Revelation 2:3 - hast borne

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Bear ye one another's burdens,.... Which may be understood either of sins, which are heavy burdens to sensible sinners, to all that are partakers of the grace of God; Christ is only able to bear these burdens, so as to remove them and take them away, which he has done by his blood, sacrifice, and satisfaction; saints bear one another's, not by making satisfaction for them, which they are not able to do, nor by conniving at them, and suffering them upon them, which they should not do, but by gently reproving them, by comforting them when overpressed with guilt, by sympathizing with them in their sorrow, by praying to God for to manifest his pardoning grace to them, and by forgiving them themselves, so far as they are faults committed against them: or else the frailties and infirmities of weak saints, which are troublesome, and apt to make uneasy, are meant; and which are to be bore by the strong, by making themselves easy with them, and by accommodating themselves to their weakness, and by abridging themselves of some liberties, which otherwise might be lawfully taken by them; or afflictions may be designed, which are grievous to the flesh, and are bore by others, when they administer help and relief under them, whether in a temporal or spiritual way; and when they condole them, and sympathize with them, bear a part with them, and make others' griefs and sorrows their own:

and so fulfil the law of Christ; which is the law of love to one another, John 13:34 in opposition to the law of Moses, the judaizing Galatians were so fond of, and by which Christ's disciples may be distinguished from those of Moses, or any others. This is a law or doctrine which Christ has clearly taught, and recovered from the false glosses of the Pharisees; it is his new commandment, which he has strengthened and enforced by his own example in dying for his people, and which he, by his Spirit, inscribes upon their hearts. The Jews speak of the law of the Messiah as preferable to any other.

"The law (they say x) which a man learns in this world is vanity, in comparison of תורתו של משיח "the law of the Messiah", or Christ;''

by "fulfilling", it is meant, doing it, acting in obedience to it, and not a perfect fulfilling it, which cannot be done by sinful creatures.

x Midrash Kohelet, fol. 83. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bear ye one another’s burdens - See the note at Romans 15:1. Bear with each other; help each other in the divine life. The sense is, that every man has special temptations and easily besetting sins, which constitute a heavy burden. We should aid each other in regard to these, and help one another to overcome them.

And so fulfil the law of Christ - The special law of Christ, requiring us to love one another; see the note at John 13:34. This was the distinguishing law of the Redeemer; and they could in no way better fulfil it than by aiding each other in the divine life. The law of Christ would not allow us to reproach the offender, or to taunt him, or to rejoice in his fall. We should help him to take up his load of infirmities, and sustain him by our counsels, our exhortations, and our prayers. Christians, conscious of their infirmities, have a right to the sympathy and the prayers of their brethren. They should not be cast off to a cold and heartless world; a world rejoicing over their fall, and ready to brand them as hypocrites. They should be pressed to the warm bosom of brotherly kindness; and prayer should be made to ascend without ceasing around an erring and a fallen brother. Is this the case in regard to all who bear the Christian name?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Galatians 6:2. Bear ye one another's burdens — Have sympathy; feel for each other; and consider the case of a distressed brother as your own.

And so fulfil the law of Christ. — That law or commandment, Ye shall love one another; or that, Do unto all men as ye would they should do unto you. We should be as indulgent to the infirmities of others, as we can be consistently with truth and righteousness: our brother's infirmity may be his burden; and if we do not choose to help him to bear it, let us not reproach him because he is obliged to carry the load.