Simon helps JESUS carry His cross
Galatians 6:2
King James Version
2 Bear ye one another's burdens,
and so fulfil the law of Christ.
This is a lovely verse.
"Bear ye one another's burdens"
But what does it really mean?
Other Bible versions explain more here:
Galatians 6:2
Amplified Bible
2 Carry one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the requirements of the law of Christ [that is, the law of Christian love].
Galatians 6:2
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 Bear (endure, carry) one another’s burdens and [a]troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of Christ (the Messiah) and complete [b]what is lacking [in your obedience to it].
Galatians 6:2
Contemporary English Version
2 You obey the law of Christ when you offer each other a helping hand.
Galatians 6:2
Easy-to-Read Version
2 Help each other with your troubles. When you do this, you are obeying the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
GOD’S WORD Translation
2 Help carry each other’s burdens. In this way you will follow Christ’s teachings.
Galatians 6:2
Living Bible
2 Share each other’s troubles and problems, and so obey our Lord’s command.
Galatians 6:2
The Message
Nothing but the Cross
Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law.
Galatians 6:2
New Century Version
2 By helping each other with your troubles, you truly obey the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
New International Reader's Version
2 Carry one another’s heavy loads. If you do, you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
New Life Version
2 Help each other in troubles and problems. This is the kind of law Christ asks us to obey.
Galatians 6:2
The Voice
2 Shoulder each other’s burdens, and then you will live as the law of the Anointed teaches us.
Galatians 6:2
Worldwide English (New Testament)
2 Help each other in your troubles. In that way you obey Christ's law.
Galatians 6:2
Wycliffe Bible
2 Each bear other's charges [Bear ye the charges the tother of the tother, or each of other], and so ye shall fulfill the law of Christ.
In SUMMARY, "Bear ye one another's burdens", mean:
Carry one another’s burdens
Bear (endure, carry) one another’s burdens and [a]troublesome moral faults
offer each other a helping hand
Help each other with your troubles.
Help carry each other’s burdens.
Share each other’s troubles and problems.
Share their burdens
By helping each other with your troubles
Carry one another’s heavy loads.
Help each other in troubles and problems.
Shoulder each other’s burdens
Help each other in your troubles.
Each bear other's charges [Bear ye the charges the tother of the tother, or each of other],
The whole context of the verse is this:
Galatians 6:1-3
King James Version
6 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,
ye which are spiritual,
restore such an one in the spirit of meekness;
considering thyself,
lest thou also be tempted.
2 Bear ye one another's burdens,
and so fulfil the law of Christ.
3 For if a man think himself to be something,
when he is nothing,
he deceiveth himself.
If you are curious to know who was asked to help the LORD JESUS carry His cross, it's Simon the Cyrene.
These Bible verses speak of him:
Matthew 27:32
King James Version
32 And as they came out,
they found a man of Cyrene,
Simon by name:
him they compelled to bear his cross.
Mark 15:21
King James Version
21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian,
who passed by,
coming out of the country,
the father of Alexander and Rufus,
to bear his cross.
Luke 23:26
King James Version
26 And as they led him away,
they laid hold upon one Simon,
a Cyrenian,
coming out of the country,
and on him they laid the cross,
that he might bear it after Jesus.
A question arises:
Would we have carried the CROSS for CHRIST?
One thing for sure, the LORD asked believers to carry our cross, and not be beholden to the world.
Matthew 16:24-26
King James Version
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples,
If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it:
and whosoever will lose his life for my sake
shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited,
if he shall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul?
or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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