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Pentecost Season · Proper 9 · Year C

Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16

Bearing One Another's Burdens, Boasting Only in the Cross

July 9, 2028

The Sower, Jean-François Millet
The Sower, Jean-François Millet, 1850Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A single figure striding down a hillside at dusk, face in shadow, arm out in mid-throw. It was attacked as politically dangerous when shown, for making a labourer monumental.Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.Jean-François MilletA founder of the Barbizon school (1814-1875), who painted peasant labour at a scale previously reserved for history painting and was attacked as a political radical for it.Museum of Fine Arts, BostonOne of the oldest American museums, founded in 1870, with a collection that runs from Egyptian to contemporary and a famous Japanese holding.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 10:1-11, 16-20Lk 10:1-11, 16-20
EpistleGal. 6:(1-6), 7-16Gal 6:(1-6), 7-16
Old Testament2 Kings 5:1-142 Kgs 5:1-14Alt. OTIsa. 66:10-14Is 66:10-14
PsalterPs. 30Ps 30Alt. PsalmPs. 66:1-9Ps 66:1-9

Overview & Insights

"May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Galatians 6:14)

Paul closes the letter urging the Galatians to restore those caught in sin gently, bear one another's burdens, and not grow weary in doing good. He contrasts sowing to the flesh with sowing to the Spirit, and in his own handwriting insists that neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters, only new creation.

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Commentary

Commentary on Galatians 6:[1-6] 7-16Commentary on Gal 6:[1-6] 7-16 Working Preacher

Reads the closing chapter's flesh/Spirit contrast as continuing the letter's theme of mutual support.

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

A preaching-focused reading of Paul's closing instructions and boast in the cross.

Galatians 6 CommentaryGal 6 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse notes on bearing burdens, sowing and reaping, and boasting only in the cross.

Galatians 6 CommentaryGal 6 Commentary Precept Austin

A detailed evangelical verse-by-verse walk through the closing chapter.

Galatians 6:1 CommentariesGal 6:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentators on restoring one caught in sin.

Background & Word Study

Galatians 6:1 Greek InterlinearGal 6:1 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the Greek for the chapter's key sowing and burden-bearing vocabulary.

The Church Fathers

Galatians 6 CatenaGal 6 Catena Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on the closing exhortations and boast in the cross.

Art & Music

Year C, Proper 9 Texts and Art Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt's curated artwork for each of this Sunday's readings.

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