| Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
| 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. | 1Brothers, if a person is caught doing something wrong, those of you who are spiritual should restore that person gently. Watch out for yourself so that you are not tempted as well. |
| 2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. | 2Practice carrying each other's burdens. In this way you will fulfill the law of the Messiah. |
| 3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. | 3For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself. |
| 4Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else. | 4Each person must examine his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not about someone else. |
| 5For each one should carry his own load. | 5For everyone must carry his own load. |
| 6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor. | 6The person who is taught the word should share all his goods with his teacher. |
| 7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. | 7Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants: |
| 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. | 8The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal 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. | 9Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest—if we do not give up. |
| 10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith. | 10So then, whenever we have the opportunity, let's practice doing good to everyone, especially to the family of faith. |
| 11See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand! | 11Look at how large these letters are because I am writing with my own hand! |
| 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. | 12These people who want to impress others by their external appearance are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of the Messiah. |
| 13For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. | 13Why, not even those who are circumcised obey the Law! They simply want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your external appearance. |
| 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. | 14But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world! |
| 15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation. | 15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. Rather, what matters is being a new creation. |
| 16Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God. | 16Now may peace be on all those who live by this principle, and may mercy be on the Israel of God. |
| 17From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. | 17Let no one make any more trouble for me, because I carry the scars of Jesus on my own body. |
| 18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. | 18May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with your spirit, brothers! Amen. |
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