Galatians 6:2
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Application: 

To restore a sinning brother or sister is an example of carrying one another’s burdens. But burdens don’t necessarily imply sin. The burdens of life can encompass a wide range of weighty problems, including physical, relational, financial, and emotional issues. Believers are to serve one another, just as a spotter serves those who are lifting weights. When the strain of a burden becomes more than an individual can bear, a spotter helps lift the weight off his chest. Carrying the burden of another can take an unlimited number of forms, including prayer, making time for someone, providing practical assistance, offering financial support, and lending a listening ear. Such burden bearing will fulfill the law of Christ, the law of love (5:13–14; see John 13:34).

In Galatians 6:3–4, Paul reminds Christians that any who considers themselves above the responsibility to serve others in this way is thinking too highly of themselves. He considers himself to be something when he is nothing (6:3). He’s self-deceived. No one is too good to serve and carry burdens. After all, the Lord Jesus served his disciples by washing their feet (see John 13:2–15). If the Master didn’t consider himself above service, how can we? He gave us an example of how we ought to treat one another, so let us not compare ourselves with someone else (6:4). The only one to whom you should compare yourself is Jesus. Do that, and you’ll never think more of yourself than you ought.

Though we are called to “carry one another’s burdens” (6:2), Paul reminds believers that each person will have to carry his own load. Everyone needs help with their burdens from time to time, but this does not give anyone the right to absolve themselves of responsibilities and shift them completely to others. Feeding those in need is both commanded and expected. But, as Paul told the Thessalonians, “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat” (2 Thess 3:10). Helping with burdens doesn’t mean carrying someone’s full load for them so that they are relieved of all responsibility. Each must be willing to carry his own backpack.

Reference: Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2019), 1213–1214.

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