Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 My friends, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right; but you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too.
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Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
2 Help carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will obey the law of Christ.
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Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
3 If you think you are something when you really are nothing, you are only deceiving yourself.
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If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.
4 You should each judge your own conduct. If it is good, then you can be proud of what you yourself have done, without having to compare it with what someone else has done.
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Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else,
5 For each of you have to carry your own load.
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for each one should carry their own load.
6 If you are being taught the Christian message, you should share all the good things you have with your teacher.
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Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor.
7 Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant.
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Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
8 If you plant in the field of your natural desires, from it you will gather the harvest of death; if you plant in the field of the Spirit, from the Spirit you will gather the harvest of eternal life.
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Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
9 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.
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Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
10 So then, as often as we have the chance, we should do good to everyone, and especially to those who belong to our family in the faith.
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Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
11 See what big letters I make as I write to you now with my own hand!
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See what large letters I use as I write to you with my own hand!
12 The people who are trying to force you to be circumcised are the ones who want to show off and boast about external matters. They do it, however, only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
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Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
13 Even those who practice circumcision do not obey the Law; they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast that you submitted to this physical ceremony.
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Not even those who are circumcised keep the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.
14 As for me, however, I will boast only about the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; for by means of his cross the world is dead to me, and I am dead to the world.
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May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
15 It does not matter at all whether or not one is circumcised; what does matter is being a new creature.
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Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.
16 As for those who follow this rule in their lives, may peace and mercy be with them - with them and with all of God's people!
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Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God.
17 To conclude: let no one give me any more trouble, because the scars I have on my body show that I am the slave of Jesus.
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From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all, my friends. Amen.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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