“"But let each man prove his own work." Here he shows that we ought to be scrutinizers of our lives, and this not lightly, but carefully to weigh our actions; as for example, if thou hast performed a good deed, consider whether it was not from vain glory, or through necessity, or malevolence, or with hypocrisy, or from…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Galatians 6
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4But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
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2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
— Galatians 6:4 —
5For every man shall bear his own burden.
6Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.