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Trinity/After Pentecost · The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

Galatians 5:25-6:10

Life by the Spirit

September 13, 2026

The Sower (Sower at Sunset), Vincent van Gogh
The Sower (Sower at Sunset), Vincent van Gogh, 1888Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
The same subject as his other sowers, but here the sun is an enormous disc directly behind the figure and the field is laid in violet against it.The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground and would sleep and rise, and the seed would sprout, he does not know how.Vincent van GoghVan Gogh (1853-1890) trained first for the ministry and preached in a Belgian mining district before taking up painting, which he did seriously for only the last decade of his life.Kröller-Müller Museum, OtterloA museum in the middle of a Dutch national park, built on Helene Kröller-Müller's collection and holding the second largest group of Van Goghs.Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Historic One-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 6:24-34Mt 6:24-34
EpistleGal. 5:25-6:10Gal 5:25-6:10
Old Testament1 Kings 17:8-161 Kgs 17:8-16
PsalterPs. 146Ps 146

Overview & Insights

“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)

Paul directs his readers to live by the Spirit . The Greek word translated “live” (peripateite) is literally “walk.” Paul uses this word elsewhere when speaking of living the new life in Christ (Rom. 6:4), a life that is conducted by means of the Spirit (Rom. 8:4). The word suggests continuance, progress, and daily attention. Paul commands his readers to avoid gratifying the desires of the sinful nature by means not of law observance but of living by the Spirit.

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Commentary

Enduring Word Bible Commentary Galatians Chapter 6Enduring Word Bible Commentary Gal Chapter 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik on bearing one another's burdens, sowing and reaping, and doing good to all.

Galatians 6:1 CommentariesGal 6:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentators on gently restoring the fallen and carrying one another's burdens.

Galatians 6 ResourcesGal 6 Resources Precept Austin

A large gathering of verse studies, sermons and word notes for the whole of Galatians 6.

Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16 CommentaryGal 6:(1-6), 7-16 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed preaching commentary reading the chapter through the lens of grace.

Background & Word Study

Overview: GalatiansOverview: Gal BibleProject

An animated walk through Paul's letter on freedom and life in the Spirit.

Galatians 5:25 InterlinearGal 5:25 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek word by word from the start of the reading, useful for keeping in step with the Spirit (stoicheo).

The Church Fathers

Commentary on Galatians 6 from the Church FathersCommentary on Gal 6 from the Church Fathers Catena

Patristic comment on burden bearing and sowing to the Spirit.

Questions preachers ask

What is the law of Christ?

Walking by the Spirit, believers restore the fallen gently and carry each other’s burdens; whatever a person sows they reap, so let us not grow weary of doing good (Galatians 5:25–6:10).

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