Galatians 6

1 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.

Brethren, if anybody be detected in any misconduct, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in a spirit of meekness. And let each of you keep watch over himself, lest he also fall into temptation.

2 Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.

3 For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.

For if there is any one who thinks himself to be somebody when he is nobody, he is deluding himself.

4 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.

But let every man scrutinize his own conduct, and then he will find out, not with reference to another but with reference to himself, what he has to boast of.

5 Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.

For every man will have to carry his own load.

6 But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

But let those who receive instruction in Christian truth share with their instructors all temporal blessings.

7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

Do not deceive yourselves. God is not to be scoffed at. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

8 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. (aiōnios g166)

He who sows in the field of his lower nature, will from that nature reap destruction; but he who sows to serve the Spirit will from the Spirit reap the Life of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)

9 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.

Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.

10 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.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us labour for the good of all, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.

11 See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.

See in what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.

12 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.

All who desire to display their zeal for external observances try to compel you to receive circumcision, but their real object is simply to escape being persecuted for the Cross of Christ.

13 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.

For these very men do not really keep the Law of Moses, but they would have you receive circumcision in order that they may glory in your bodies.

14 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.

But as for me, God forbid that I should glory in anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world.

15 For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only a renewed nature.

16 And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.

And all who shall regulate their lives by this principle--may peace and mercy be given to them--and to the true Israel of God.

17 From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.

From this time onward let no one trouble me; for, as for me, I bear, branded on my body, the scars of Jesus as my Master.

18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits, brethren. Amen.