John Calvin on Galatians 6:5
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Galatians6:5
5. For every man shall bear his own burdens. To destroy sloth and pride, he brings before us the judgment of God, in which every individual for himself, and without a comparison with others, will give an account of his life. It is thus that we are deceived; for, if a man who has but one eye is placed among the blind, he considers his vision to be perfect; and a tawny person among negroes thinks himself white. The apostle affirms that the false conclusions to which we are thus conducted will find no place in the judgment of God; because there every one will bear his own burden, and none will stand acquitted by others from their own sins. This is the true meaning of the words.
Galatians 6:6-10
6. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
6. Coremunicet is, qui instituitur in sermone, cum doctore, in omnibus bonis.
7. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
7. Ne erretis: Deus non subsannatur; quod enim seminaverit homo, hoc etiam metet.
8. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
8. Nam qui seminat carni suae, ex carne metet corruptionem; qui autem seminat Spiritui, ex Spiritu metet vitam aeternam.
9. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
9. Bonum antem faciendo ne defatigemur; nam si non defecerimus, metemus opportuno tempore.
10. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith..
10. Ergo ubi tempus habemus, benefaciamus erga omnes, praesertim vero erga domesticos fidel.
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