The word for burdens in Galatians 6:2 was a different word meaning "heavy burdens" those that are more than a man should carry. 2. I say, "I'd never charged anybody to go." How apt the illustration for exposing the judaizers! Of course the same persons who are here in present view belonged to the church of God; but then they are not contemplated in their heavenly relationship, but as the children of promise, as we shall see in the end of this very chapter. Galatians 6:6. We present our bodies as a temple that Your Holy Spirit might indwell us. 6 Brothers,[ a]if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. "Cast all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you" ( 1 Peter 5:7 ). Sow to the flesh. It may include everyone that is only outwardly taught, that is but an external hearer; and so the Syriac version renders the clause, , "he that hears the word": of which there are many sorts, and on whom it is an incumbent duty to. We know from various mentions throughout the New Testament that Paul had a problem with his eyes -- he may even have been close to blind. But to restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, not to come in a haughty spirit. But immediately after this it is added, "In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Surely now there was some link with the twelve! In Christ alone, in His cross, let us boast, and in the new creature which is by Christ. If a man sins against his body, soon or late he will pay in ruined health--even if he is forgiven. 6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. In all good things - In everything that is needful for their comfortable subsistence. And then you can rejoice in what God has done for you. It was not a question of man's wit. "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Those who wanted the Galatians to get themselves circumcised did so for three reasons. Another thing, too, let me just point out in passing. And those big guys that sang that song when I was there as a little kid, polluting my mind, planting that garbage in there. And I thank God for His blessings. The law came in meanwhile, serving its own object, which was to bring out what was in the heart of man. 3 of a group of things Paul stressed. . "Don't muzzle the ox that treads out the corn" ( Deuteronomy 25:4 ). Don't deceive yourselves; no one can make a fool of God; whatever a man sows this he will also reap. What had been revealed? Observe the place the cross has here, not merely Christ's blood, but His death on the cross. The God Shot: Galatians 3:13-14 - Apple Podcasts "By whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." Venerable religion! "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female;" all is Christ and only Christ. Be willing to confess when you've made a mistake. It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator." So Paul says, "If a man is teaching you the eternal truths, the least you can do is share with him such material things as you possess.". But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. He does not condescend to reason about their place in the matter, but puts them at once in their due relationship. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ ( Galatians 6:2 ). Verse Galatians 6:6. As for himself, he gloried only in the cross. Is it against the promise of God? We are here directed to bear one another's burdens,Galatians 6:2; Galatians 6:2. (Romans 3:1-31, Romans 10:1-21) But the act of Peter went to maintain a difference. "Don't let it come up, God." in all good things; which may be either connected with the word "teacheth", and so be descriptive of the teacher, as the Arabic version reads, "him that teacheth all his good things"; good doctrines, excellent truths, the wholesome words of Christ, which he is intrusted with, has a knowledge and experience of; and who freely and faithfully imparts them, and conceals and keeps back nothing, but declares the whole counsel of God, all that he knows, and that is good and profitable; and carries in it a very strong argument why he should be communicated to: or else with the word "communicate"; and the sense either be, let him be a partaker of, and join with him in everything he says or does that is good, but not in anything that is evil, which is a sense some give into; or rather let him impart of his temporal good things unto him: temporal things are good as they are of God, and in themselves, and when rightly used answer good purposes; all a man's good things are not to be communicated, only a part, according to his ability, and in proportion to others; and yet the communication should be large and liberal, sufficient to support the teacher in an honourable manner, and to supply him with all the necessaries of life, that his mind may be free from secular cares, and he be at leisure to attend to the instructing of others. Some mystery, some story, some romance. How blessed, and how all-important for our souls! The apostle himself meets that difficulty in the face, and in effect concedes to his detractors that he was not made an apostle by Christ here below. In fact, I love to be able to go out and minister God's love and God's truth to people without charge. Therefore the apostle adds, ,And as many as walk according to this rule [that is, the rule of the new creation], peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God." The office of the ministry is a divine institution, which does not lie open in common to all, but is confined to those only whom God has qualified for it and called to it: even reason itself directs us to put a difference between the teachers and the taught (for, if all were teachers, there would be none to be taught), and the scriptures sufficiently declare that it is the will of God we should do so. The Galatians did not think of this; people that are thus blinded by the enemy never do. (1-5) To kindness towards all men, especially believers. A man reaps what he sows. Amen ( Galatians 6:18 ). Note, Though as Christians we are freed from the law of Moses, yet we are under the law of Christ; and therefore, instead of laying unnecessary burdens upon others (as those who urged the observance of Moses's law did), it much more becomes us to fulfil the law of Christ by bearing one another's burdens. If we set ourselves in good earnest to prove our own work, and, upon the trial, can approve ourselves to God, as to our sincerity and uprightness towards him, then may we expect to have comfort and peace in our own souls, having the testimony of our own consciences for us (as 2 Corinthians 1:12), and this, he intimates, would be a much better ground of joy and satisfaction than to be able to rejoice in another, either in the good opinion which others may have of us or in having gained over others to our opinion, which the false teachers were wont to glory in (as we see Galatians 6:13; Galatians 6:13), or by comparing ourselves with others, as, it should seem, some did, who were ready to think well of themselves, because they were not so bad as some others. And what you sow you're going to reap. "To Abraham were the promises made, and to his seed.". Of course, I immediately began to sing choruses and praised the Lord, and to put that stuff back into the garbage pit from which it came. communicate to him that teacheth; who is commissioned, and qualified and sent forth by Christ, and whose office in the church is to teach the word, to preach the Gospel, to instruct men in the truths of it, and teach them their duty also to God and men, such are to be communicated to; that is, such as are under their instructions ought to impart of their worldly substance to them, for their honourable and comfortable support and maintenance; for since they spend their time, and make use of their talents, gifts, and abilities, for their instruction in spiritual things, it is but reasonable, and no such great matter, that they partake of their carnal things; and especially since it is the will and ordinance of Christ, that they that preach the Gospel should live of it. Love finds its activity in caring for those that are cast down, "and so fulfils the law of Christ." Here is a specific example of mutual burden-bearing. Those who wish to make a pretentious display from the merely human point of view are trying to compel you to get yourselves circumcised, but their real object is to avoid persecution because of the Cross of Christ. Just as he had shown that God in His love to man had given the promise direct, so the apostle Paul acts in his care for the saints of God where all the foundations were endangered. Galatians 6 includes instructions for how people who are free in Christ and walking by God's Spirit, should treat each other. Those who are taught the word of God should provide for their teachers, sharing all good things with them. There is no comparison of countless seed; there is not an allusion to the sand of the sea, or to the stars of the sky. We should restore those caught in sin with gentleness and humility, and we should help to carry each other's burdens. Galatians 6:6 in all English translations. For God does speak elsewhere, and even on this occasion, of a numerous seed. They'd have a stenographer who would write their letters for them. You don't know who might have the sin of gossip. This was at work even in those early days. They knew very well that he had nothing to do with the law or its ordinances. And what sort of life can this be? In this case, happily, the brethren near at hand went along with him in heart. Bible > Gill > Galatians 6. . In Galatians 4:1-31 the relation is taken up, not of the law to the promise, but of the Christian now to the condition of the saints of old a very important point also. He did not forget His people Israel; but He had always the glory of Christ before Him; and the moment we rise up to this blessed Seed of all blessing (the true Isaac, dead and risen really, as the son of Abraham was then in figure), the blessing of the Gentiles is secured in that one sole person, before the Jews are multiplied in their land under the new covenant, and possess the gate of their enemies. Thus all had been duly prepared of God, with a far-reaching wisdom, to make the call of Paul an evidently and entirely separate thing, to make his apostleship as distinct in fact as in form; to give him fresh communications, even as to the Lord's supper, and to convey anew the very gospel that he preached as the revelation of the Son in him. The legal mischief had emanated from Jerusalem: the remedy of grace must be applied by the apostles, elders, and brethren there. No doubt there was a difference of tone. Paul now again says. For the future. There are many present privileges and future glories that belong to the Christian; and promise is one of them. This it is to which we are come now under Christianity. Don't be deceived on that issue. His testimony was characteristically though not of course exclusively heavenly, as it was also the witness of grace to the fullest. But the apostle here does not reason about the matter. So much the more, then, we find the working of spiritual feeling as expressed by him in the second epistle, where he speaks of God lifting up those that were cast down, as He had delivered himself from the imminent danger to which he had been exposed even as to life. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. So were the others that seemed to be the chief. ", Responsibility Toward Instructors in the Gospel. Only those who plant the fruit of God's Spirit, by faith in Christ, will harvest eternal life. But Paul did. And facts tell on their mind. Successor to Paul there is none; if so, who and where? We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful in a heart that entered into things as few hearts have ever done since the world began. Slowly the vision faded and Francis relaxed; and then, they say, he looked down and lo! And you have blessed me.I'll tell you, the rewards of the ministry are just fantastic. Instructed in the knowledge of the word, either of the essential Word, the Lord Jesus Christ, of his person, office, and grace; or rather of the written word, particularly the Gospel, which is sometimes called the word, without any additional epithet, which distinguishes it, and directs to the sense of it; and sometimes with such, as the words of truth, the word of faith, the word of righteousness, the word of reconciliation, and the word of this salvation, so called from the nature, use, and subject matter of it. I spoke when I should have been silent. Thus I am dead through the law. The passage is often explained as an injunction to provide for the temporal wants of Christian teachers. This chapter chiefly consists of two parts. They had so completely lost sight of the grace of Christ, the sweetness and the bloom of it, that he travailed again for them: his soul once more passed through that which had exercised him when they were converted. Galatians 6:6 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary - Bible Tools And what a blessing that is to me when people share what God is doing in their lives through the Word and through the teaching of the Word. This subject is under consideration through verse 10, although the next two verses have been lifted out of their context by many and applied to various areas of life. Galatians Chapter 6 - Discover Books of The Bible Anything else would have been imperfect; but still it had essentially a transitional character. Read full chapter. And who will venture to say that the indwelling Spirit of God fails to supply power to him who submits to the righteousness of God in Christ? The argument is founded upon the unity of the seed of promise in this connection. Father, we thank You now for the word of God and this opportunity tonight of studying again that we might sow to the Spirit. II. He was bound to do what he ought; but, in point of fact, all was a failure, and could be nothing else, because man was a sinner. A very good reason why this should be done with meekness: Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Already "thy seed," the true Isaac, is given, and in that true seed the Gentiles are being blessed. It is of course assumed that every Christian had been baptized. Under this designation the Papal system supports idle bellies of dumb men, and fierce wild beasts, who have nothing in common with the doctrine of Christ. If any apostleship would have served for the Gentiles, it ought to have been Paul's then; for Paul was the apostle of the uncircumcision. They wanted to glory in their power over people whom they had reduced to their own legalistic slavery. When we do that, there can never be any cause for conceit. The law holds out but never gives blessing. Our present time is seed-time: in the other world there will be a great harvest; and, as the husbandman reaps in the harvest according as he sows in the seedness, so we shall reap then as we sow now. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1966), p. 492. showing that not all teachers are indicated but that teachers of the Word of God are meant. He had felt their wrong, but at the same time had been lifted marvellously above what might be called personal feeling, and so much the more, therefore, could have the grief of love unmingled with that which really impairs its strength, and leaves its sensibilities incomparably less acute. Chapter Summary. "Confess your faults to one another. But there is communication also, just verbally, and by letters, and just a thank you many times is so rewarding. B. Lightfoot, The Epistle to the Galatians (MmC; G), Verse Galatians 6:6-10 = Pay the preacher. The apostle Paul himself, inRomans 14:1-23; Romans 14:1-23, insists upon the forbearance of a Gentile even towards the Jew that might be still encumbered by his days, meats, and so on. Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. And so the large letter could refer to the size of the letters, because he had bad eyesight. And it proclaimed the full and equally blessed standing of those who received Christ. . Such is the secret of true power. He acts on this in faith; he understands it with an energy and a brightness that increased even in his Roman prison. "For if the inheritance be of law, it is no more of promise:" otherwise by the condition of law you would annul the promise. Nothing more in keeping with the wants of those addressed, who had so soon turned aside from the grace of Christ to a different gospel. First minister said, "Well," he said, "I have a problem with drinking." This is No. There was no believer, Jew or Gentile, who had not gladly submitted to that very blessed sign of having part with Christ, and of that which is made good by Christ. He was an enemy stopped in sovereign grace. But if he keeps on walking the high way and doing the fine thing, in the end God will repay. The law in itself never produces such a result. For, if anyone thinks of himself as important while he is of no importance, he is deceiving himself with the fancies of his mind. It was a very unusual circumstance. But the whole matter is decided before God. The gospel had given him to sanction in his ways and words the overthrow of the partition wall. What does Galatians 6:5 mean? | BibleRef.com If I sow to the flesh, I shall of the flesh reap corruption; if I sow to the Spirit, I shall reap life everlasting. The true link is with Jerusalem above, as our prototype is Isaac, the child of the freewoman. He is occupied with himself. A family should help each other. The truth of the gospel, to the apostle Paul's mind, was at stake. Now, the law always brings fallen man into importance: such it must be in its principle. It is Christian ground, certainly, but not the church as such. As we saw it in the Corinthians applied to judge the worldliness of the saints there, so here it judges their legalism. Galatians 6:6 KJV - Let him that is taught in the word - Bible Gateway And whereas pride and haughtiness lie in the way of such a deportment, he dissuades from a vain opinion of a man's self, that being no other than self-deception, , and observes, that a man will have the best view of himself and see what occasion he has for glorying, when he considers . This is Christianity; and when the soul thankfully accepts from God this blessed liberty, the Holy Ghost is given to and acts in the believer as a Spirit of peace and power; so that if there is the flesh lusting against the Spirit, the Spirit resists this, in order that (for such is the true meaning) they should not do the things that they would. He saw Peter; but "other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother." The gospel had brought in before God this double conclusion, founded on the first Adam and the last. I. Thus it is evident that the legal system is a parenthesis. Galatians 6:6 - Bible Verse Meaning and Commentary - Bible Study Tools And there are so many people in this category who really think they are something when they are nothing. "The things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. You do not want to become the children of Abraham in that sense, which would be the revival of the flesh. Then we come to the closing chapter (Galatians 6:1-18); and here we find the Spirit of God calling for tenderness in dealing with those who are overtaken in a fault. 3. 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. When God gives a pledge not of possessing the gate of enemies, when He speaks of the blessing of the nations, instead of the overthrow of Israel's foes, then he speaks simply of "thy seed." (12-15) A solemn blessing. All is confusion. Saints they may have been; and such, we know, moved about from Jerusalem. There are two things in the Christian; he has a life, a new life in Christ, but he has also, the Holy Ghost. It is an actual result of the cross of Christ. But don't come lay your trips on us. 4 But let . Thus, then, God directed and ruled that the apostle should go up and have the evil condemned on the spot, and at the centre from which it had emanated. So far from this being the smallest allowance of Jewish prejudice, it was itself a powerful blow against it. And, if there be such an awful time to be expected, when he will render to every one according to his works, surely there is the greatest reason why we should prove our own works now: if we must certainly be called to an account hereafter, surely we ought to be often calling ourselves to an account here, to see whether or no we are such as God will own and approve then: and, as this is our duty, so if it were more our practice we should entertain more becoming thoughts both of ourselves and our fellow-christians, and instead of bearing hard upon one another, on account of any mistakes or failings we may be guilty of, we should be more ready to fulfil that law of Christ by which we must be judged in bearing one another's burdens. And if I take the attitude of damning everybody that does wrong, then I'm not taking God's attitude towards man. In Galatians 6:2, he spoke of our need to care for others in the body of Christ. Third minister said, "Well, my sin is gossip, and I just can't wait to get out of here. Man is only the receiver; and truly, as we know, "it is more blessed to give than to receive." John B. Gough, the great temperance orator, who had lived a reckless early life, used to declare in warning, "The scars remain." If the promise be the only means of enjoying the inheritance, what is the good of the law? So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are members of the household of the faith. It is all devoted to the deliverance of the saint from this present evil age by the cross of Christ, and his consistent maintenance of the new nature and position of grace of the new creation in Christ Jesus. Why this: "Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, and the other by a freewoman." "In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature." They don't want to suffer the persecution for the cross of Christ, so they go ahead and preach the law of righteousness. The law is never life to the dead, but kills morally those who seem alive. Of none else could it be so said that "it Pleased God to reveal his Son in him." Paul has argued and rebuked and cajoled but his last word is GRACE, for him the only word that really mattered. A man reaps what he sows. If a man breaks it he may be forgiven, but, nonetheless, he breaks it at his peril. "Before faith came we [Jews] were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. If they live to please themselves according to their natural desires, in the end they will reap the fruit of all natural desires, which is disappointment and death. Man had his duty to God, and be ought to have. This therefore he would have us carefully to watch and guard against; and he gives this very good reason for it, because in due season we shall reap, if we faint not, where he assures us that there is a recompence of reward in reserve for all who sincerely employ themselves in well doing; that this reward will certainly be bestowed on us in the proper season--if not in this world, yet undoubtedly in the next; but then that it is upon supposition that we faint not in the way of our duty; if we grow weary of it, and withdraw from it, we shall not only miss of this reward, but lose the comfort and advantage of what we have already done; but, if we hold on and hold out in well-doing, though our reward may be delayed, yet it will surely come, and will be so great as to make us an abundant recompence for all our pains and constancy. Elders are included (1 Timothy 5:17-18) as well as preachers. After wishing those addressed grace and peace, as usual, he speaks of the Lord in a manner singularly in unison with the object of the epistle: "Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us" not from judgment, not from the wrath to come, but "from this present evil world." But, on the other hand, those who sow to the Spirit, who under the guidance and influence of the Spirit do live a holy and spiritual life, a life of devotedness to God and of usefulness and serviceableness to others, may depend upon it that of the Spirit they shall reap life everlasting--they shall have the truest comfort in their present course, and an eternal life and happiness at the end of it. And thus it is with the promise. Let every man test his own work, and then any ground of boasting that he has will be in regard to himself and not in comparison with others. Far otherwise is God's way with souls. Flesh alas! Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. (a) This paragraph may be written large because of its importance, as if it were printed in heavy type. The solemnities of Christ's judgment await men in the day of the Lord.

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