Galatians · Bible in Basic English
Galatians 6 Bible in Basic English
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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.
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 Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.
2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
3 For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
3 For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives 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.
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 Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.
5 For each man will bear his own burden.
6 But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.
6 But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
7 Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, 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.
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 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.
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 the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.
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.
11 See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.
11 See with what large letters I write 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.
12 As many as desire to make a good impression in the flesh compel you to be circumcised, just so they may not be 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.
13 For even they who receive circumcision don’t keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.
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.
14 But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
15 For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
15 For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
16 And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.
16 As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.
17 From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.
17 From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Romans 15:1; 2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Thessalonians 3:15; James 5:19–20; Jude 22–23
- 2 Romans 15:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; John 13:34; 1 John 4:21; John 15:12
- 3 Proverbs 26:12; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Corinthians 3:18; Romans 12:3; 2 Corinthians 3:5
- 4 2 Corinthians 13:5; Psalm 26:2; 1 Corinthians 11:28; 2 Corinthians 11:12–13; 2 Corinthians 1:12
- 5 Jeremiah 32:19; Romans 14:10–12; 2 Corinthians 5:10–11; Romans 2:6–9; Revelation 2:23
- 6 1 Timothy 5:17–18; Romans 15:27; Deuteronomy 12:19; 1 Corinthians 9:9–14; Matthew 10:10
- 7 2 Corinthians 9:6; Hosea 10:12; Job 4:8; Romans 2:6–10; 1 Corinthians 15:33
- 8 Romans 8:13; James 3:18; 2 Peter 2:19; Hosea 10:13; Job 4:8
- 9 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Thessalonians 3:13; Isaiah 40:30–31; Hebrews 10:35–39; Hebrews 12:3
- 10 Hebrews 13:16; Proverbs 3:27; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Titus 3:8; Matthew 25:40
- 11 1 Corinthians 16:21–23; Romans 16:22
- 12 Galatians 5:11; Acts 15:1; 2 Corinthians 11:13; Colossians 2:23; Galatians 2:3
- 13 Philippians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Romans 2:17–25; 2 Peter 2:19; Matthew 23:3
- 14 Romans 6:6; Jeremiah 9:23–24; Galatians 2:20; 1 Corinthians 2:2; Philippians 3:3
- 15 2 Corinthians 5:17; Colossians 3:10–11; Galatians 5:6; Ephesians 4:24; Ephesians 2:10
- 16 Galatians 3:29; Philippians 3:3; Romans 9:6–8; Galatians 3:7–9; 1 Peter 2:5–9
- 17 2 Corinthians 1:5; Colossians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 11:23–25; 2 Corinthians 4:10; Galatians 5:11–12
- 18 2 Timothy 4:22; Philemon 25; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Romans 16:20; Revelation 22:21
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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