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Galatians 6:9

So let's not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don't give up, or quit. Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Constancy;   Decision;   Diligence;   Judgment;   Patience;   Perseverance;   Righteous;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflictions;   Blessings-Afflictions;   Faint Not;   Harvest;   Perseverance;   Reaping;   Sowing and Reaping;   Spiritual;   Steadfastness;   Steadfastness-Instability;   Trials;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Endurance;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Diligence;   Patience;   Perseverance;   Reaping;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holy spirit;   Reward;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Constancy;   Faith;   Heaven;   Obedience;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, the Book of;   Timothy, the First Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Galatians, Letter to the;   Reap;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nicolas;   Paul the Apostle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brotherly Love;   Comfort;   Galatians Epistle to the;   Perseverance;   Self-Denial;   Virtue;   Zeal;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Faint;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Salvation;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 24;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 28;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
We must not get tired of doing good. We will receive our harvest of eternal life at the right time. We must not give up.
Revised Standard Version
And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Let vs not be wery of well doynge. For when the tyme is come we shall repe with out werines.
Hebrew Names Version
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.
New American Standard Bible
Let's not become discouraged in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not become weary.
New Century Version
We must not become tired of doing good. We will receive our harvest of eternal life at the right time if we do not give up.
Update Bible Version
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.
Webster's Bible Translation
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
English Standard Version
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
World English Bible
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But let us not be weary of well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Weymouth's New Testament
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And doynge good faile we not; for in his tyme we schal repe, not failinge.
English Revised Version
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Berean Standard Bible
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up.
Contemporary English Version
Don't get tired of helping others. You will be rewarded when the time is right, if you don't give up.
Amplified Bible
Let us not grow weary or become discouraged in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give in.
American Standard Version
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Bible in Basic English
And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
Complete Jewish Bible
So let us not grow weary of doing what is good; for if we don't give up, we will in due time reap the harvest.
Darby Translation
but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.
International Standard Version
Let us not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest - if we do not give up.Matthew 24:13; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Thessalonians 3:13; Hebrews 3:6,14; 10:36; Revelation 2:10;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And while we do that which is good, let it not weary us; for the time will be when we shall reap, and it will not weary us.
Murdock Translation
And while we do what is good, let it not be wearisome to us; for the time will come when we shall reap, and it will not be tedious to us.
King James Version (1611)
And let vs not bee weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.
New Living Translation
So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up.
New Life Bible
Do not let yourselves get tired of doing good. If we do not give up, we will get what is coming to us at the right time.
New Revised Standard
So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.
George Lamsa Translation
Let us not be weary in welldoing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, in doing that which is honourable, let us not be fainthearted; for, in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let vs not be weery in well doyng: for in due season we shall reape, yf we faynt not.
Good News Translation
So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.
Christian Standard Bible®
Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.
King James Version
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Lexham English Bible
And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give up.
Literal Translation
But we should not weaken in doing good, for in due time we shall reap, if we do not faint.
Young's Literal Translation
and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let vs not be weery of well doynge: for wha the tyme is come, we shal reape without ceassinge.
Mace New Testament (1729)
let us then not be weary in doing good, for in due season we shall reap, if we be not tired.
New English Translation
So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
New King James Version
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
Simplified Cowboy Version
So don't give up doing the right thing. If you keep to the right trail, you're gonna find the narrow gate that leads to everything you never dreamed possible.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
Legacy Standard Bible
And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

Contextual Overview

1Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day's out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ's law. If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived. 4Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life. 6 Be very sure now, you who have been trained to a self-sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous common life with those who have trained you, sharing all the good things that you have and experience. 7Don't be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life. 9So let's not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don't give up, or quit. Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

us: Malachi 1:13, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Thessalonians 3:13, Hebrews 12:3

well: Romans 2:7, 1 Peter 2:15, 1 Peter 3:17, 1 Peter 4:19

for: Leviticus 26:4, Deuteronomy 11:14, Psalms 104:27, Psalms 145:15, James 5:7

if: Isaiah 40:30, Isaiah 40:31, Zephaniah 3:16, *marg. Matthew 24:13, Luke 18:1, 2 Corinthians 4:1, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Ephesians 3:13, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 10:35-39, Hebrews 12:3, Hebrews 12:5, Revelation 2:3, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:26-29, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 3:6, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 3:13, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 3:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 29:7 - Lo Numbers 29:25 - General Joshua 6:13 - went on Judges 8:4 - faint Ruth 2:7 - continued Nehemiah 4:21 - So we Nehemiah 5:16 - I continued Psalms 37:7 - wait Psalms 106:3 - doeth Proverbs 11:18 - but Jeremiah 45:3 - I fainted Matthew 9:19 - General Matthew 10:22 - but Matthew 12:15 - great Matthew 25:17 - he also Mark 3:3 - he saith Mark 13:13 - but Luke 5:6 - they enclosed Romans 11:22 - if thou Colossians 1:23 - ye continue 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - and patience 1 Timothy 6:19 - Laying Titus 3:1 - to be ready Hebrews 6:11 - we desire Hebrews 10:36 - ye have James 1:4 - let James 1:27 - To visit

Cross-References

Genesis 5:1
This is the family tree of the human race: When God created the human race, he made it godlike, with a nature akin to God. He created both male and female and blessed them, the whole human race.
Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him.
Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 7:1
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.
Genesis 10:1
This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God showed up and said to him, "I am The Strong God, live entirely before me, live to the hilt! I'll make a covenant between us and I'll give you a huge family."
1 Kings 3:6
Solomon said, "You were extravagantly generous in love with David my father, and he lived faithfully in your presence, his relationships were just and his heart right. And you have persisted in this great and generous love by giving him—and this very day!—a son to sit on his throne.
Job 1:1
Job was a man who lived in Uz. He was honest inside and out, a man of his word, who was totally devoted to God and hated evil with a passion. He had seven sons and three daughters. He was also very wealthy—seven thousand head of sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and a huge staff of servants—the most influential man in all the East!
Job 1:8
God said to Satan, "Have you noticed my friend Job? There's no one quite like him—honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil."
Job 12:4
"I'm ridiculed by my friends: ‘So that's the man who had conversations with God!' Ridiculed without mercy: ‘Look at the man who never did wrong!' It's easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame, for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers. Crooks reside safely in high-security houses, insolent blasphemers live in luxury; they've bought and paid for a god who'll protect them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And let us not be weary in well doing,.... This may be understood of well doing, or doing good works in general, of every sort; which are such as are done according to the will of God, from a principle of love to him, in faith, and in the name and strength of Christ, and with a view to the glory of God: or else acts of beneficence to Christ's ministers and poor in particular; which are agreeable to the mind of God, and wellpleasing in his sight: and in doing which men should not be weary; nor are they, when their spiritual strength is renewed, and grace is in exercise, though they may meet with many things which tend to discourage and make them weary; such as change in their own circumstances, losses in the world, the multitude of objects, the ungratefulness of some, and unworthiness of others:

for in due time we shall reap; either in this world, sooner or later; in proper time, in God's own time, by enjoying an increase of the fruits of righteousness; for the seed sown shall spring up again; the bread that is cast on the waters will be found after many days; and such as honour the Lord with their substance shall be blessed with plenty of temporal good things, either they or theirs: or else in the other world, or at the end of this; which will be the harvest time, the reaping time, the time of enjoying eternal life:

if we faint not; but continue to the end, persevere constantly in doing acts of beneficence, and patiently wait, as the husbandman does, for the precious fruits of the earth; for there must be a distance of time between sowing and reaping; men must not expect to reap as soon as they sow; and therefore should not be weary of sowing, nor impatient in waiting, though they do not see as yet the appearance of the fruits thereof; for in their season they will be seen and enjoyed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And let us not be weary in welldoing - See the note at 1 Corinthians 15:58. The reference here is particularly to the support of the ministers of religion Galatians 6:6, but the apostle makes the exhortation general. Christians sometimes become weary. There is so much opposition to the best plans for doing good; there is so much to be done; there are so many calls on their time and their charities; and there is often so much ingratitude among those whom they endeavor to benefit, that they become disheartened. Such Paul addresses, and exhorts them not to give over, but to persevere.

For in due season - At the day of judgment. Then we shall receive the full reward of all our self-denials and charities.

We shall reap, if we faint not - If we do not give over, exhausted and disheartened. It is implied here, that unless a man perseveres in doing good to the end of life, he can hope for no reward. He who becomes disheartened, and who gives over his efforts; he that is appalled by obstacles, and that faints on account of the embarrassments thrown in his way; he that pines for ease, and withdraws from the field of benevolence, shows that he has no true attachment to the cause, and that his heart has never been truly in the work of religion. He who becomes a true Christian, becomes such for eternity. He has enlisted, never to withdraw. He becomes pledged to do good and to serve God always. No obstacles are to deter, no embarrassments are to drive him from the field. With the vigor of his youth, and the wisdom and influence of his riper years; with his remaining powers when enfeebled by age; with the last pulsation of life here, and with his immortal energies in a higher world, he is to do good. For that he is to live. In that he is to die; and when he awakes in the resurrection with renovated powers, he is to awake to an everlasting service of doing good, as far as he may have opportunity, in the kingdom of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 9. Let us not be wearyWell-doing is easier in itself than ill-doing; and the danger of growing weary in the former arises only from the opposition to good in our own nature, or the outward hinderances we may meet with from a gainsaying and persecuting world.

In due season we shall reap — As the husbandman, in ploughing, sowing, and variously labouring in his fields, is supported by the hope of a plentiful harvest, which he cannot expect before the right and appointed time; so every follower of God may be persuaded that he shall not be permitted to pray, weep, deny himself, and live in a conformity to his Maker's will, without reaping the fruit of it in eternal glory. And although no man obtains glory because he has prayed, c., yet none can expect glory who do not seek it in this way. This is sowing to the Spirit and the Spirit and the grace are furnished by Christ Jesus, and by him the kingdom of heaven is opened to all believers; but only those who believe, love, and obey, shall enter into it.


 
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