Albert Barnes Commentary Galatians 6:2

"Bear ye one another`s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." — Galatians 6:2 (ASV)

Bear ye one another's burdens. (See Barnes on Romans 15:1.)

Bear with each other; help each other in the divine life. The meaning is that each person has particular temptations and easily besetting sins, which constitute a heavy burden. We should aid each other concerning these, and help one another to overcome them.

And so fulfil the law of Christ. This is the distinctive law of Christ, requiring us to love one another. (See Barnes on John 13:34.)

This was the distinguishing law of the Redeemer, and they could in no way better fulfill it than by aiding each other in the divine life. The law of Christ would not allow us to reproach the offender, to taunt him, or to rejoice in his fall.

We should help him to take up his load of infirmities and sustain him by our counsels, our exhortations, and our prayers. Christians, conscious of their infirmities, have a right to the sympathy and prayers of their fellow believers.

They should not be cast off to a cold and heartless world; a world rejoicing over their fall and ready to brand them as hypocrites. They should be pressed to the warm bosom of brotherly kindness, and prayer should ascend unceasingly for an erring and fallen fellow believer.

Is this the case for all who bear the Christian name?