Gal 6:2

Clwinbery at aol.com Clwinbery at aol.com
Wed Sep 11 11:07:02 EDT 2002



In a message dated 9/11/02 7:09:04 AM, susan at read-the-bible.org writes:

>Is there any reason grammatically why Galatians 6:2, ALLHLWN TA BARH 
>BASTAZETE, bear one another's burdens, couldn't also be interpreted as
>
>"bear the burdens of one another", as in "put up with one another, which
>
>may be burdensome" ?  In other words, seeing ALLHLWN and TA BARH in 
apposition?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Susan Jeffers
The full text:
Gal. 6:2. ALLHLWN TA BARH BASTAZETE KAI hOUTWS ANAPLHRWSETE TON NOMON TOU 
CRISTOU.

Susan, this may be a case of not "either/or" but "both/and."  The word BARH 
carries the meaning of "hardship." The parable of the workers in Matthew, 
"those who have born the burden of the day," = "Those who worked all day." 
"The hardship of one another" would include both the faults of one another 
and the hardship of staying in such a supportive relationship where one 
persons problems (with sin) becomes a hardship of the whole group.

Carlton Winbery
Louisiana College



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