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1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
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Brothers, suppose someone is caught doing something wrong. You who have the Spirit should set him right, but in a spirit of humility, keeping an eye on yourselves so that you won't be tempted too.
2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
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Bear one another's burdens - in this way you will be fulfilling the Torah's true meaning, which the Messiah upholds.
3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
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For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is fooling himself.
4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
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So let each of you scrutinize his own actions. Then if you do find something to boast about, at least the boasting will be based on what you have actually done and not merely on a judgment that you are better than someone else;
5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
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for each person will carry his own load.
6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
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But whoever is being instructed in the Word should share all the good things he has with his instructor.
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
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Don't delude yourselves: no one makes a fool of God! A person reaps what he sows.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
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Those who keep sowing in the field of their old nature, in order to meet its demands, will eventually reap ruin; but those who keep sowing in the field of the Spirit will reap from the Spirit everlasting life.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
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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.
10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
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Therefore, as the opportunity arises, let us do what is good to everyone, and especially to the family of those who are trustingly faithful.
11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
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Look at the large letters I use as I close in my own handwriting.
12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
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It is those who want to look good outwardly who are trying to get you to be circumcised. The only reason they are doing it is to escape persecution for preaching about the Messiah's execution-stake.
13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
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For even those who are getting circumcised don't observe the Torah. On the contrary, they want you to get circumcised so that they can boast of having gained your adherence.
14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
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But as for me, Heaven forbid that I should boast about anything except the execution-stake of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah! Through him, as far as I am concerned, the world has been put to death on the stake; and through him, as far as the world is concerned, I have been put to death on the stake.
15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
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For neither being circumcised nor being uncircumcised matters; what matters is being a new creation.
16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
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And as many as order their lives by this rule, shalom upon them and mercy, and upon the Isra'el of God!
17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
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From now on, I don't want anyone to give me any more tsuris, because I have scars on my body to prove that I belong to Yeshua!
18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. [To the Galatians written from Rome.]
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The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
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Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.