“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
— WEB
Galatians 6:2
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“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”
— KJV
“Bear ye one another`s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”
— ASV
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Commentary
If ye, legalists, must "bear burdens," then instead of legal burdens (Mat 23:4), "bear one another's burdens," literally, "weights." Distinguished by BENGEL from "burden," Gal 6:4 (a different Greek word, "load"): "weights" exceed the strength of those under them; "burden" is proportioned to the strength. so fulfil--or as other old manuscripts read, "so ye will fulfil," Greek, "fill up," "thoroughly fulfil." the law of Christ--namely, "love" (Gal 5:14). Since ye desire "the law," then fulfil the law of Christ, which is not made up of various minute observances, but whose sole "burden" is "love" (Joh 13:34; Joh 15:12); Rom 15:3 gives Christ as the example in the particular duty here.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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