Galatians 6: Bearing Burdens and Boasting in the Cross

Believers should gently restore those caught in sin and bear one another's burdens, knowing that people reap what they sow. Paul closes in his own hand, contrasting those who boast in circumcision with his own boast in the cross, and declaring that new creation is what counts.

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According to Galatians 6:2, what does Paul instruct believers to do for one another, and what does he say this accomplishes?

Avoid ever becoming involved in another believer's personal strugglesCarry one another's burdens, and in doing so fulfill the law of ChristPaul says burden-bearing is optional and carries no larger spiritual significanceWait for church leaders to handle every burden without lay involvement