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“Call the Older Men”The Watchtower—1993 | May 15
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The apostle also wrote: “Each one will carry his own load.”—Galatians 6:1, 2, 5.
19 How can we carry one another’s burdens and yet be carrying our own load? The difference in the meaning of the Greek words translated “burdens” and “load” furnishes the key. If a Christian gets into spiritual difficulty that is very burdensome to him, elders and other fellow believers would aid him, thus helping him carry his “burdens.” However, the individual himself is expected to carry his own “load” of responsibility to God.a The elders gladly carry “the burdens” of their brothers through encouragement, Scriptural counsel, and prayer. Yet, elders do not take away our personal “load” of spiritual responsibility.—Romans 15:1.
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“Call the Older Men”The Watchtower—1993 | May 15
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a A Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament, by Fritz Rienecker, defines phor·tiʹon as “a load which one is expected to bear” and adds: “It was used as a military term for a man’s pack or a soldier’s kit.”
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