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Forγὰρeach oneἕκαστοςwill carryβαστάσειhis ownτὸ ἴδιονload.φορτίον
Galatians 6:5
Study it in the app“For each one will carry his own load.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 6:5, word by word
- each oneἕκαστοςhekastos
each
Each, each one.
Where else “hekastos” appears- will carryβαστάσειbastasei
bear
To carry the weight of others or of something hard without dropping it.
Where else “bastasei” appears- his ownἴδιονidion
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idion” appears- loadφορτίονphortion
burden, load
Burden, load.
Where else “phortion” appears
Translation note
A different Greek word from the one in verse 2 (there baros, “weight”; here phortion, “what one carries”). It can be understood as the load that each one must carry before God.
The context
4But let each one test his own work, and then he will have his reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to the other.
5 · This verse (above)
6And let the one who is taught the word share in all good things with the one who teaches him.