| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. | 1Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. |
| 2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. | 2Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. |
| 3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. | 3If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important. |
| 4Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else. | 4Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. |
| 5For each one should carry his own load. | 5For we are each responsible for our own conduct. |
| 6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor. | 6Those who are taught the word of God should provide for their teachers, sharing all good things with them. |
| 7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. | 7Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. |
| 8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. | 8Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. |
| 9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. | 9So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. |
| 10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith. | 10Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith. Paul’s Final Advice |
| 11See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand! | 11 Notice what large letters I use as I write these closing words in my own handwriting. |
| 12Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ. | 12Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised want to look good to others. They don’t want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save. |
| 13For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. | 13And even those who advocate circumcision don’t keep the whole law themselves. They only want you to be circumcised so they can boast about it and claim you as their disciples. |
| 14But as for me, 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. | 14As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died. |
| 15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation. | 15It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation. |
| 16Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God. | 16May God’s peace and mercy be upon all who live by this principle; they are the new people of God. |
| 17From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. | 17From now on, don’t let anyone trouble me with these things. For I bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus. |
| 18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. | 18Dear brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. |
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