Galatians 6

¹Brothers and sisters, even if someone is caught in some false step, you who are led by the Spirit should restore such a person in a spirit of gentle strength. Keep a watchful eye on yourself, so that you are not tempted as well. ²Carry one another’s heavy burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of the Christ. ³For if anyone thinks they are something important when they are nothing, they are merely deluding themselves. ⁴Each person should scrutinize their own work; then they will have a reason to boast in themselves alone and not by comparison to someone else. ⁵For each person will have to carry their own individual load.

⁶The person who is being instructed in the Word should share in all good things with their instructor. ⁷Do not be led astray: God is not to be sneered at. For whatever a person sows, this is what they will also reap. ⁸The one who sows into the soil of their own flesh will reap a harvest of decay from the flesh; but the one who sows into the Spirit will reap a harvest of the life of the Age to come from the Spirit. ⁹Let us not lose heart in doing what is noble, for at the proper time we will reap if we do not give up. ¹⁰So then, as we have the opportunity, let us work for the good of everyone, and especially for those who belong to the household of the faith.

¹¹See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. ¹²It is those who want to put on a performance of outward appearance who are trying to force you to be circumcised. They only do it so they will not be persecuted for the cross of the Christ. ¹³For even those who are circumcised do not keep the Law themselves; they simply want you to be circumcised so they can boast about your flesh.

¹⁴But may it never be that I should boast in anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world-system has been crucified to me, and I to the world-system. ¹⁵For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; what matters is a new act of creation. ¹⁶And as for all who will align their lives by this standard—peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

¹⁷From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I carry the stigmata of Jesus branded on my body. ¹⁸The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.