1Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle6:1 Jms 3:13 spirit,6:1 Or with the Spirit of gentleness6:1 Ps 51:12 watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted.6:1 Jms 1:13

2Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.6:2 1Co 9:21

3For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing,6:3 1Co 3:18; 2Co 12:11; Gl 2:6 he deceives himself.

4Let each person examine his own work,6:4 Mk 14:6; Gl 3:10; Jms 2:14–26 and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else.

5For each person will have to carry his own load.

11Look at what large letters I use as I write to you in my own handwriting.

12Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh6:12 Php 3:3 are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised6:12 Ac 15:1 — but only to avoid being persecuted6:12 2Tm 3:12 for the cross6:12 Php 3:18 of Christ.

13For even the circumcised don’t keep6:13 Lk 11:28 the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

14But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world.

15For6:15 Other mss add in Christ Jesus both circumcision and uncircumcision6:15 Col 3:11 mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.6:15 Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14

16May peace come to all those who follow this standard, and mercy even to the Israel6:16 Lk 3:8 of God!6:16 Or And for those who follow this standard, may peace and mercy be upon them, even upon the Israel of God, or And as many who will follow this standard, peace be upon them and mercy even upon the Israel of God.