Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
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, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.
2 Help carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will obey the law of Christ.
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Bear one another's burdens, and so 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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For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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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But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.
5 For each of you have to carry your own load.
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For each man will bear his own burden.
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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But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
7 Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant.
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Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.
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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For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit 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 be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't 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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So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
11 See what big letters I make as I write to you now with my own hand!
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See with what large letters 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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As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be 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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For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your 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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But far be it from me to 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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For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a 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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As many as will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel.
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 any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.
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. Amen.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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