New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.
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Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
2 Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.
3 For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
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For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
4 All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor's work, will become a cause for pride.
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But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.
5 For all must carry their own loads.
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Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.
6 Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher.
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But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.
7 Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.
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Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
8 If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
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Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
9 So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
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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.
10 So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.
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So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.
11 See what large letters I make when I am writing in my own hand!
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See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.
12 It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that try to compel you to be circumcised—only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
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Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.
13 Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh.
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Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.
14 May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.
15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything!
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For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
16 As for those who will follow this rule—peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
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And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.
17 From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body.
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From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.
18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.
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