Galatians 6:2

one another's burdens Brotherhood is a mutual relationship, and entails mutual good offices.

burdens This is not the same word in the Greek which is rendered -burden" in Galatians 6:5. It denotes any weight which presses heavily on the body or the mind, as toil, suffering, responsibility, anxiety. In Galatians 6:5 the reference is to the burden assigned to man or beast, to a ship or other vehicle, to carry, corresponding to the English -load".

and so fulfil The other reading, - and so ye will fulfil " has about equal authority.

the law of Christ -He calls love the law of Christ", Thdt., with reference to the new Commandment of John 13:34. The law of Christ is the law given by Christ and exemplified in His most holy life. The nature and the measure of its fulfilment are stated in the Divine Commentary: - asI have loved you, that ye also love one another". It involves sympathy always, active sympathy (i.e. help) when possible. Of our Lord it was foretold (Isaiah 53:4), -Surely He hath borne our griefs (Heb. sicknesses) and carried our sorrows". This is quoted by St Matthew (ch. Matthew 8:17), -Himself took our infirmities and bare our diseases"; while the Septuagint version gives, -Himself bears our sins and for us He is in anguish". With the injunction compare Romans 15:1, -We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak". Here, however, mutualsympathy is enjoined.