Do Good to Everyone
1Brothers and sisters, what if someone is caught in a sin? Then you who live by the Spirit should correct that person. Do it in a gentle way. But be careful. You could be tempted too. 2Carry one another’s heavy loads. If you do, you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3If anyone thinks they are somebody when they are nobody, they are fooling themselves. 4Each person should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves. They won’t be comparing themselves to someone else. 5Each person should carry their own load. 6But those who are taught the word should share all good things with their teacher.
7Don’t be fooled. You can’t outsmart God. A man gathers a crop from what he plants. 8Some people plant to please their desires controlled by sin. From these desires they will harvest death. Others plant to please the Holy Spirit. From the Spirit they will harvest eternal life. 9Let us not become tired of doing good. At the right time we will gather a crop if we don’t give up. 10So when we can do good to everyone, let us do it. Let’s try even harder to do good to the family of believers.
Not Circumcision but the New Creation
11Look at the big letters I’m using as I write to you with my own hand!
12Some people are worried about how things look on the outside. They are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do it for only one reason. They don’t want to suffer by being connected with the cross of Christ. 13Even those who are circumcised don’t obey the law. But they want you to be circumcised. Then they can brag about what has been done to your body. 14I never want to brag about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Through that cross the ways of the world have been crucified as far as I am concerned. And I have been crucified as far as the ways of the world are concerned. 15Circumcision and uncircumcision don’t mean anything. What really counts is that the new creation has come. 16May peace and mercy be given to all who follow this rule. May peace and mercy be given to the Israel that belongs to God.
17From now on, let no one cause trouble for me. My body has marks that show I belong to Jesus.
18Brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
16:1 1Ko 2:15Abooluganda omuntu bw’abanga alina ekibi ky’akoze, mmwe ab’omwoyo mumuluŋŋamyenga mu buwombeefu nga mwegendereza si kulwa nga nammwe mugwa mu kukemebwa. 26:2 Bar 15:1; Yak 2:8Muyambaganenga, bwe mutyo bwe munaatuukirizanga etteeka lya Kristo. 36:3 Bar 12:3; 1Ko 8:2Kubanga omuntu yenna bwe yeerowooza okuba owa waggulu so nga si bw’ali, yeerimbarimba. 4Naye buli muntu yeekebere akakase omulimu ggwe, yenyumirize ye yekka so si mu muntu omulala. 5Kubanga buli muntu aneetikkanga obuvunaanyizibwa bwe. 66:6 1Ko 9:11, 14Oyo ayigirizibwa ekigambo kya Katonda, agabanirenga wamu n’amuyigiriza ku birungi byonna by’alina.
76:7 a 1Ko 6:9 b 2Ko 9:6Temubuzibwabuzibwanga, Katonda tasekererwa, kubanga omuntu ky’asiga era ky’alikungula. 86:8 a Yob 4:8; Kos 8:7 b Yak 3:18Kubanga oyo asiga eri omubiri gwe, alikungula ebiggwaawo. Naye oyo asiga eri omwoyo, alikungula obulamu obutaggwaawo. 96:9 a 1Ko 15:58 b Kub 2:10Kale tulemenga okuterebuka mu kukola obulungi, kubanga oluvannyuma tulikungula emikisa, bwe tutaggwaamu maanyi. 106:10 a Nge 3:27 b Bef 2:19Noolwekyo, buli lwe kinaabanga kisobose tukolerenga abantu bonna ebirungi, na ddala ab’omu nnyumba ey’okukkiriza.
Si kukomola wabula abantu abaggya
116:11 1Ko 16:21Mulabe, bwe nnabawandiikira n’omukono gwange mu nnukuta ennene! 126:12 a Bik 15:1 b Bag 5:11Abo abanoonya okweraga mu mubiri be babawaliriza okukomolebwa mu mubiri, balemenga okuyigganyizibwanga olw’omusaalaba gwa Kristo, balyoke beenyumirize olw’omubiri gwammwe. 136:13 a Bar 2:25 b Baf 3:3Kubanga n’abo bennyini abakomolebwa tebakwata mateeka, naye baagala mukomolebwe balyoke beenyumirize olw’omubiri gwammwe. 14Naye nze sigenda kwenyumiririza mu kintu kyonna okuggyako omusaalaba gwa Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo, kubanga olw’omusaalaba ogwo, nkomereddwa eri ensi, n’ensi ekomereddwa eri nze. 156:15 a 1Ko 7:19 b 2Ko 5:17Kubanga okukomolebwa oba obutakomolebwa si kintu, wabula ekikulu kye kitonde ekiggya. 16N’abo bonna abanaatambuliranga mu tteeka eryo, emirembe gibeerenga ku bo, n’okusaasirwa, ne ku Isirayiri ya Katonda.
176:17 Is 44:5Okuva kaakano tewabanga muntu n’omu anteganya, kubanga nnina enkovu za Yesu ku mubiri gwange.
186:18 a Bar 16:20 b 2Ti 4:22Abooluganda, ekisa kya Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo kibeerenga nammwe n’omwoyo gwammwe. Amiina.
