Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:5
5. Prove your own work, for each one has a responsibility laid upon him for his own work. You are as responsible for the style and spirit in which you restore him, as he is for the fault from which you work to restore him. Every man You, as well as the transgressor. His own burden Each must, in the final hour, bear his own burden of frailty, sin, and guilt. We can put shoulder under each other’s burdens for awhile, but the time must at length come when each shall answer for... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:4
4. Prove In the manner suggested by St. James 1:25, by bringing the law of love to bear upon his work, to see if it is a work, not of vainglory, but of love. Work His work of reproof; but inferentially applicable to all other moral work in life. That Paul means this special work is clear from the blessed result that he next deduces. Rejoicing A true glory instead of a vainglory. The test by which we are to prove our own work, namely, the law of love, is not only an... read more