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Gal. 6:1–10 Paul illustrates a life of love in the Spirit.
Gal. 6:1 you who are spiritual. This does not refer to an elite class of Christians. It describes mature and experienced Christians. They are able to help their troubled brother or sister.
Gal. 6:2 and so fulfill the law of Christ. In a broad sense this means the entire body of ethical teaching that Jesus gave and endorsed (see note on 1 Cor. 9:21). In a specific sense it probably refers to the command to love one’s neighbor as oneself (Matt. 22:39; John 13:34).
Gal. 6:7–8 whatever one sows, that will he also reap. Paul’s reference to “reaping” has in view the blessings of eternal life that belong to the believer as the result of “sowing” his life to the Spirit.
Gal. 6:10 While believers await their rewards (vv. 7–9) they should do good. The primary focus should be on serving other believers, but not to the exclusion of people outside the church.
Gal. 6:11–18 Final Warning. Paul summarizes the main themes of the letter and challenges the reader to stay true to the gospel. To require circumcision is to deny the cross and the new creation. Those who belong to the new creation are the true Israel.
Gal. 6:11 Paul probably has been dictating the letter to a scribe (compare Rom. 16:22). Now, however, he adds his “signature” (see 2 Thess. 3:17).
Gal. 6:14 the world has been crucified to me. The world no longer attracts and influences Paul.
Gal. 6:15 On Christians as a new creation, see 2 Cor. 5:17.
Gal. 6:16 Israel of God. In contrast to the children of the “present Jerusalem” (4:25), the true people of God are the believing children of Abraham (3:7, 29). They belong to “Jerusalem above” (4:26–27).
Gal. 6:17 The false teachers, and perhaps some of the Galatian Christians, have been misrepresenting Paul. Paul insists on the respect that is due his ministry. He is a genuine minister of Christ and has the scars to prove it—what he calls the marks of Jesus that resulted from his being persecuted (see 2 Cor. 11:23–27).
Gal. 6:18 Paul’s final prayerful blessing shows that he has not given up on the Galatians. He still refers to them as brothers and calls on Christ and the Spirit to give them grace.
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