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Galatians 6- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

October 4
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Help Each Other
6 1Brothers [and sisters], a person in your group might do something wrong. You
people who are spiritual should go to the person who is sinning. You should help
to make him right again. You should do this in a gentle way. But be careful! You
might be tempted to sin, too. 2Help each other with your troubles. When you do
this, you truly obey the law of Christ. 3If a person thinks that he is important
when he is really not important, he is only fooling himself. 4A person should not
compare himself with other people. Each person should judge his own actions. Then
he can be proud for what he himself has done. 5Each person must accept his own responsibility.
6The person who is learning the teaching of God should share all the good things
he has with the person who is teaching him.

Life Is Like Planting a Field
7Don't be fooled: You cannot cheat God. A person harvests only the things he plants.*
8If a person plants (lives) to satisfy his sinful self, then his sinful self will
bring him eternal death. But if a person plants to please the Spirit,* he will get
eternal life from the Spirit. 9We must not become tired of doing good. We will receive
our harvest [of eternal life] at the right time. We must not give up! 10When we
have the opportunity to do good to any person, we should do it. But we should give
special attention to the people that are in the family of believers (the church).

Paul Ends His Letter
11I am writing this myself. See what big letters I use. 12Some men are trying to
force you to be circumcised.* They do these things so that other people (the Jews)
will accept them. Those men are afraid they will be criticized if they follow only
the cross of Christ.* 13Those men are circumcised, but they don't obey the law*
themselves. They want you to be circumcised. Then they can boast about what they
forced you to do. 14I hope I will never boast about things like that. The cross
(death) of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for boasting. Through Jesus'
death on the cross the world is dead* to me; and I am dead to the world. 15It is
not important if a person is circumcised or not circumcised. The important thing
is being the new people God has made. 16Peace and mercy to the people who follow
this rule--to all of God's people. 17So don't give me any more trouble. I have scars
on my body. These scars show* that I belong to Christ Jesus. 18My brothers [and
sisters], I pray that the grace (kindness) of our Lord Jesus Christ will be with
your spirits. Amen.
Footnotes: harvests only the things he plants Paul uses these words about farming
to show that life is like a farmer planting a field. A farmer will get from the
field only what he plants. Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the
Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, He does God's work
among people in the world. circumcised To have the foreskin cut off. This was done
to every Jewish baby boy. It was a mark of the agreement God made with Abraham (Gen.
17:9-14). cross of Christ Paul uses the cross as a picture of the Good News, the
story of Christ's death to pay for men's sins. law God's law. It is represented
in the law of Moses. is dead Literally, "has been crucified." These scars show
Many times Paul was beaten by people who were against him because he was teaching
about Christ. The scars were from these beatings.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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