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5. ἕκαστος γὰρ. This testing of yourselves is necessary, for etc. Observe that when St Paul wrote this sentence it was not the platitude that it is now. For probably individual responsibility was not as clearly known, especially in circles dominated by Jewish ideas of the solidarity of Israel and the merits of the Fathers.
τὸ ἴδιον φορτίον. The difference between βάρος (Gal 6:2) and φορτίον appears to be that the former is wider, and may be used of any weight additional to what is already incurred, while φορτίον is a load actually carried and belonging, as it were, to the person who bears it. Compare Sir 33:30 (Sir 33:25) χορτάσματα καὶ ῥάβδος καὶ φορτία ὄνῳ.
βαστάσει, Gal 6:2. Here, as it seems, at the Day of Judgment.