Chapter Summary

The regenerated life as a brotherhood of believers.

Discussion Questions for Galatians, Chapter 6

1. If we each continue to struggle with sin in various ways, what does Paul mean when he describes a person as "overtaken in any wrongdoing" (verse 1, CSB)? Why is this distinction important?
2. Is there anyone in your life who is overtaken in wrongdoing? How does Paul instruct us to guide that person back to righteousness? What will you do?
3. How can you carry another person's burdens? How is this fulfilling the law of Christ?
4. Why does Paul seemingly contradict himself in verses 2 and 5? What point is he trying to make?
5. Have you ever repented from something in word but not in action? What did you reap?
6. The Lord makes it clear: there is a time for sowing, and a time for reaping. What are you sowing right now? What will you reap from that, both in the present time and in eternity?
7. How can we avoid getting tired of sowing good in our lives and in the lives of others? What drives you on?
8. Paul probably dictated to a scribe the majority of the text of the letter to the Galatians, but in verse 11, he seems to switch to his own handwriting. Why was this next passage so important to Paul? Why should it have an equal amount of importance to us today?
9. "For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing, what matters instead is a new creation" (verse 15, CSB). In what ways has Christ made you a new creation? Why is it important to continue to live as a new creation?
10. Paul bore the marks of Jesus, which is a stark reminder that many of us do not have to deal with this level of persecution. What persecution have you faced? How does it compare to what Paul and the early Church dealt with?

Key Words/Phrase

Well doing, v. 9.

Characters

Holy Spirit, God, Christ, Paul.

Strong Verse(s)

1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14.