THE ATHEIST'S COMPLAINT:
Who is to bear the burden? Galatians 6:2 says "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." However, Galatians 6:5 reads, "...each one shall bear his own load."

Is there a contradiction?

RESPONSE:
The questioner has failed to take the context of the two statements into account. In Galatians 6:1-2, the apostle Paul teaches that Christians ought to look out for one another, that our love is to compel us to help one another to overcome the wiles of the devil.

Though we are commanded to aid one another, the apostle acknowledges that we will stand before the Lord alone. Thus, each one is to "...examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone..." When it comes to our judgment before the Lord (cf. v 7-9; Romans 2:6; 14:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10), we will not stand with another, but alone.

There is no contradiction.

This article is a response to Skeptic's Annotated Bible

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