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6:1 My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 6:3 For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves. 6:4 All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor's work, will become a cause for pride. 6:5 For all must carry their own loads. 6:6 Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher. 6:7 Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. 6:8 If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. 6:9 6:10 So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith. 6:11 See what large letters I make when I am writing in my own hand! 6:12 It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that try to compel you to be circumcised-- only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 6:13 Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh. 6:14 May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 6:15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything! 6:16 As for those who will follow this rule-- peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 6:17 From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body. 6:18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.