1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Be concerned about yourself, so you also may not be tempted. 2 Carry one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 Each one should examine his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in someone else. 5 For each one will carry his own load. 6 The one who is taught the word must share all good things with the one who teaches. 7 Do not be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man plants, that he will also gather in. 8 For he who plants seed to his own sinful nature, from the sinful nature will gather in destruction. The one who plants seed to the Spirit, from the Spirit will gather in eternal life from the Spirit. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the right time we will gather in a harvest, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have the opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the household of faith. 11 See what large letters I write to you with my own hand. 12 Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They do this only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For not even those who circumcised themselves keep the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh. 14 But may I never 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 neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but what counts is a new creation. 16 To all who live according to this standard, peace and mercy be upon them, even upon the Israel of God. 17 From now on let no one trouble me, for I carry on my body the marks of Jesus. 18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
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Cross references (18)
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- 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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… Apostle Paul himself made mention of this cross in the following words: "The doctrine of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us who are saved it is the power of God." And again: "God forbid that I should glory in anything save in the cross of Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and …
Whence the apostle says, "For this is our glory, the testimony of our conscience." And in another place he says, "But let every one prove his own work, and then he shall have glory in himself, and not in another." That glory, honor, and power, therefore, which they desired for themselves, and to which the good sought to attain by …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For Paul too intimated this when he said, "He that soweth to his flesh, shall of his flesh reap corruption." To this man are they like also, who build on the sand; as those that are given up to fornication, to wantonness, to drunkenness, to anger, to all the other things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Every deed of Christ is a cause of glorying to the Catholic Church, but her greatest of all glorying is in the Cross; and knowing this, Paul says, But God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
"He that soweth to the spirit," it is said, "shall of the spirit reap life everlasting." John too writes, "Hereby we know that he abideth in us by (ek) the spirit which he hath given us." "That which is conceived in her," says the angel, "is of the Holy Ghost," and the Lord says "that which is born of the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)