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Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who [are] spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself—lest thou also may be tempted; |
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of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ, |
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for if any one doth think [himself] to be something—being nothing—himself he doth deceive; |
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and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other, |
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for each one his own burden shall bear. |
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And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing—in all good things. |
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Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow —that also he shall reap, |
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because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during; |
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and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap—not desponding; |
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therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith. |
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Ye see in how large letters I have written to you with my own hand; |
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as many as are willing to make a good appearance in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised—only that for the cross of the Christ they may not be persecuted, |
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for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory. |
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And for me, let it not be—to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world; |
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for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation; |
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and as many as by this rule do walk—peace upon them, and kindness, and on the Israel of God! |
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Henceforth, let no one give me trouble, for I the scars of the Lord Jesus in my body do bear. |
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] with your spirit, brethren! Amen. |