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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Galatians 6 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/galatians/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/galatians/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Galatians 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../galatians/5.htm" title="Galatians 5">◄</a> Galatians 6 <a href="../ephesians/1.htm" title="Ephesians 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Bear One Another's Burdens</h3><p class="par"><span class="v48_6_1"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.1" class="v48_6_1">1</span>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. </span><span class="v48_6_2"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.2" class="v48_6_2">2</span>Help carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will obey<a href="#fn" id="link_Gal.6.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the law of Christ. </span><span class="v48_6_3"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.3" class="v48_6_3">3</span>If you think you are something when you really are nothing, you are only deceiving yourself. </span><span class="v48_6_4"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.4" class="v48_6_4">4</span>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. </span><span class="v48_6_5"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.5" class="v48_6_5">5</span>For each of you have to carry your own load.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_6_6"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.6" class="v48_6_6">6</span>If you are being taught the Christian message, you should share all the good things you have with your teacher.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_6_7"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.7" class="v48_6_7">7</span>Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant. </span><span class="v48_6_8"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.8" class="v48_6_8">8</span>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. </span><span class="v48_6_9"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.9" class="v48_6_9">9</span>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. </span><span class="v48_6_10"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.10" class="v48_6_10">10</span>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.</span></p><h3 class="s">Final Warning and Greeting</h3><p class="par"><span class="v48_6_11"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.11" class="v48_6_11">11</span>See what big letters I make as I write to you now with my own hand! </span><span class="v48_6_12"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.12" class="v48_6_12">12</span>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. </span><span class="v48_6_13"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.13" class="v48_6_13">13</span>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. </span><span class="v48_6_14"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.14" class="v48_6_14">14</span>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. </span><span class="v48_6_15"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.15" class="v48_6_15">15</span>It does not matter at all whether or not one is circumcised; what does matter is being a new creature. </span><span class="v48_6_16"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.16" class="v48_6_16">16</span>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!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_6_17"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.17" class="v48_6_17">17</span>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.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_6_18"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.6.18" class="v48_6_18">18</span>May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all, my friends. Amen.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.2: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">you will obey; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">some manuscripts have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">obey.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). 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