Galatians 6:1. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,-
He is a slow traveler; he is not speeding swiftly on the way to heaven, so the fault overtakes him. Had he been quicker of pace, he might have outstripped it; but he is "overtaken in a fault." What then? Turn him out of the church? Have done with him? No. "If a man be overtaken in a fault,"-
Galatians 6:1. Ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness;
Pick him up, help him to run better than he did before.
Galatians 6:1. Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Paul does not say, "Lest thou also fall;" but, "Lest thou also be tempted," - as much as to say, "You will be sure to fall if you are tempted;" and that man, who thinks that other people ought to be cast off because they have committed a fault, is so proud in his own heart that he only needs to be tempted, and he would fall, too. This is a very expressive way of putting the matter: "Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted."
Galatians 6:1. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,-
He is a slow traveler; he is not speeding swiftly on the way to heaven, so the fault overtakes him. Had he been quicker of pace, he might have outstripped it; but he is "overtaken in a fault." What then? Turn him out of the church? Have done with him? No. "If a man be overtaken in a fault,"-
Galatians 6:1. Ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness;
Pick him up, help him to run better than he did before.
Galatians 6:1. Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Paul does not say, "Lest thou also fall;" but, "Lest thou also be tempted," - as much as to say, "You will be sure to fall if you are tempted;" and that man, who thinks that other people ought to be cast off because they have committed a fault, is so proud in his own heart that he only needs to be tempted, and he would fall, too. This is a very expressive way of putting the matter: "Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted."