Galatians 6:2,5

Galatians 6:2  Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6:5  For every man shall bear his own burden. Wait a minute! These two verses from Galatians 6 seem to contradict each other. So, is there a problem here in the Bible, or could it be a problem of how we understand these verses? Well, I don’t believe there are mistakes in the Bible, so let’s look at how to understand these verses. The first verse talks about our responsibility to our Christian friends, but the second verse talks about our responsibility ourselves. We should take care of our own burdens. But after that, we should try to take care of the burdens of our Christian brothers and sisters. It’s like this: if we take care of ourselves and we expect others to take care of themselves, none of us help each other. God expects us to take care of ourselves and to help others as well. If we do both of these, as our verses say, we will fulfill the heart of God, which is to love God and to help one another.