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...