Galatians 6:2

Believers are to bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. Sharing each other's loads is the practical outworking of Christ's law of love.

Cross-references · 20

• Rom 15:1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
• 1 Th 5:14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
• John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• 1 Jn 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
• Jas 2:8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
• John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
• Gal 5:13–14For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
• John 13:14–15If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
• Exod 23:5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
• 1 Jn 2:8–11Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
• 1 Pet 2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
• Matt 8:17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
• Deut 1:12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
• Rom 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
• Matt 11:29–30Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
• Luke 11:46And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
• Num 11:11–12And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
• Isa 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
• Gal 6:5For every man shall bear his own burden.
• 1 Cor 9:21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

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