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Fulfill the Law of Christ

Fulfill the Law of Christ Excerpt When Paul exhorts his readers to  help carry one another’s burdens , he may have in  mind what he has referred to in the previous verse , namely, the act of setting  right a wrongdoer in the fellowship. The root of the word translated  burdens ,  however, refers metaphorically to anything borne, either good ( 2 Cor  4:17 ) or bad  ( Acts  15:28 ;  Rev 2:24 ;  Gal 5:10 ). It is possible, therefore, to interpret  burdens  as a general term, referring to any problems that might befall a Christian. The position of  one another  in the Greek is emphatic, meaning that Paul wants to stress it, but what he intends is not completely clear. Two interpretations are possible: (1) he may be harking back to  5:10 and therefore exhorting his readers to put emphasis, not on the burdens of following the Law, but on the burdens of helping each other; or (2) he may be emphasizing the natu...

Fulfill the Law of Christ

Fulfill the Law of Christ Excerpt When Paul exhorts his readers to  help carry one another’s burdens , he may have in  mind what he has referred to in the previous verse , namely, the act of setting  right a wrongdoer in the fellowship. The root of the word translated  burdens ,  however, refers metaphorically to anything borne, either good ( 2 Cor  4:17 ) or bad  ( Acts  15:28 ;  Rev 2:24 ;  Gal 5:10 ). It is possible, therefore, to interpret  burdens  as a general term, referring to any problems that might befall a Christian. The position of  one another  in the Greek is emphatic, meaning that Paul wants to stress it, but what he intends is not completely clear. Two interpretations are possible: (1) he may be harking back to  5:10 and therefore exhorting his readers to put emphasis, not on the burdens of following the Law, but on the burdens of helping each other; or (2) he may be emphasizing the n...

Fulfill the Law of Christ

Fulfill the Law of Christ Galatians 6:2 When Paul exhorts his readers to help carry one another’s burdens, he may have in mind what he has referred to in the previous verse, namely, the act of setting right a wrongdoer in the fellowship. The root of the word translated burdens, however, refers metaphorically to anything borne, either good ( 2 Cor 4:17 ) or bad ( Acts 15:28 ; Rev 2:24 ; Gal 5:10 ). It is possible, therefore, to interpret burdens as a general term, referring to any problems that might befall a Christian. The position of one another in the Greek is emphatic, meaning that Paul wants to stress it, but what he intends is not completely clear. Two interpretations are possible: (1) he may be harking back to Galatians 5:10 and therefore exhorting his readers to put emphasis, not on the burdens of following the Law, but on the burdens of helping each other; or (2) he may be emphasizing the nature of the Christian fellowship, where concern for one another is th...

Fulfill the Law of Christ

Fulfill the Law of Christ When Paul exhorts his readers to help carry one another’s burdens, he may have in mind what he has referred to in the previous verse, namely, the act of setting right a wrongdoer in the fellowship. The root of the word translated burdens, however, refers metaphorically to anything borne, either good ( 2 Cor 4:17 ) or bad ( Acts 15:28 ; Rev 2:24 ; Gal 5:10 ). It is possible, therefore, to interpret burdens as a general term, referring to any problems that might befall a Christian. The position of one another in the Greek is emphatic, meaning that Paul wants to stress it, but what he intends is not completely clear. Two interpretations are possible: (1) he may be harking back to 5:10 and therefore exhorting his readers to put emphasis, not on the burdens of following the Law, but on the burdens of helping each other; or (2) he may be emphasizing the nature of the Christian fellowship, where concern for one another is the basic rule, as he has already e...

Fulfill the Law of Christ

Fulfill the Law of Christ Excerpt When Paul exhorts his readers to  help carry one another’s burdens , he may have in  mind what he has referred to in the previous verse, namely, the act of setting  right a wrongdoer in the fellowship. The root of the word translated  burdens ,  however, refers metaphorically to anything borne, either good ( 2 Cor  4:17 ) or bad  ( Acts  15:28 ;  Rev 2:24 ;  Gal 5:10 ). It is possible, therefore, to interpret  burdens  as a  general term, referring to any problems that might befall a Christian. The position of  one another  in the Greek is emphatic, meaning that Paul wants to stress it, but what he intends is not completely clear. Two interpretations are possible: (1) he may be harking back to  5:10  and therefore exhorting his readers to put emphasis, not on the burdens of following the Law, but on the burdens of helping each other; or (2) he may be emphasizi...

Fulfill the Law of Christ

Fulfill the Law of Christ  Excerpt ‎When Paul exhorts his readers to help carry one another’s burdens, he may have in mind what he has referred to in the previous verse , namely, the act of setting right a wrongdoer in the fellowship. The root of the word translated burdens, however, refers metaphorically to anything borne, either good (2 Cor 4:17) or bad (Acts 15:28 ; Rev 2:24 ; Gal 5:10 ). It is possible, therefore, to interpret burdens as a general term, referring to any problems that might befall a Christ ian . ‎     (1) The position of one another in the Greek is emphatic, meaning that Paul            wants to stress it, but what he intends is not completely clear. Two                         interpretations are possible: or      (2) he may be emphasizing the nature of the Christ ian fellowship, where               ...