Key Scripture: Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. ~ Galatians 6:2
Galatians 6:1-10
1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else. 5 For each man will bear his own burden.
6 But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
7 Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
Study Questions:
- Whose responsibility is it to try and restore someone who has sinned or strayed from the truth? Galatians 6:1; James 5:19-20; Proverbs 27:17
- How are we to restore someone according to verse 1? See also Matthew 18:15; Colossians 3:13.
- What is the warning in verse 1? What are some ways that you might sin when trying to help someone out of sin?
- What is the law of Christ referred to in verse 2? John 13:34; 1 John 3:23
- Compare verse 3 to 1 Corinthians 3:18 and James 1:26.
- Compare verses 4 and 5 to Matthew 25:31-41. See also Romans 14:12; 1 Corinthians 11:28; 2 Corinthians 13:5.
- The word for boast in verse 4 is the Greek word καύχημα and is translated as rejoice in some versions of the Bible. Share how doing good things for someone else can bring you joy.✡ (Acts 20:35; 2 Corinthians 9:10-12)
- Verse 6 is another example of blessing someone. What is Paul saying? Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:11; 1 Timothy 5:17-18
- What encouragement can we get from these verses about reaping: Galatians 6:9; Ecclesiastes 11:6; Psalms 126:5-6
- Why is there so much emphasis in verses 9 and 10 put on doing good works when Paul has spent most of this letter discussing that we are not justified by works? James 1:25; 2:17-20; 1 John 2:5-6
Memory Verse: Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up. ~ Galatians 6:9
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✡ Q7 “G2745 – kauchēma – Strong’s Greek Lexicon (nkjv).” Blue Letter Bible. Web. 8 Dec, 2022. <https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g2745/nkjv/tr/0-1/>.