Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Galatians 6:1

“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

Galatians 6:1 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Galatians 6:1, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Galatians 6. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Romans 15:1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
  • 2 Timothy 2:25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:15Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
  • James 5:19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
  • Jude 1:22And of some have compassion, making a difference:
  • 1 John 5:16If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall…
  • 2 Corinthians 2:7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
  • Ezekiel 34:16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and t…
  • 1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
  • Romans 14:1Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
  • 1 Peter 3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
  • Hebrews 12:13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
  • Matthew 18:12How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
  • 1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

More to meet God in Galatians

Galatians 5:22Galatians 2:20Galatians 6:9Galatians 5:1Galatians 6:2Galatians 1:4Galatians 3:14Galatians 3:13Galatians 4:4Galatians 2:16Galatians 3:17Galatians 1:7Galatians 3:1Galatians 5:17

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.