6 Brothers and sisters, if a person has been caught sinning, all of you spiritual people need to guide the person with a spirit of gentleness, at the same time looking at your own behaviour in case you yourselves are also tempted. 2 Help those who are going through difficulties or pain, and in doing so you’ll fulfil the law of the messiah, 3 because anyone who supposes themselves to be someone special but isn’t, is only deceiving themself. 4 Evaluate your own actions, but keep your boasts to yourself and don’t tell others, 5 because each person must face up to their own issues.

6 Those who are being taught should share all their blessings with those who are instructing.

7 Don’t be fooled—you can’t get away with mocking God, because what you sow determines what you’ll harvest. 8 Anyone who sows seed to feed their earthly desires will harvest earthly corruption, but who sows spiritual seeds, will harvest eternal life from the spirit. 9 Don’t be discouraged from doing good things because we’ll have a good harvest in due course if we don’t give up. 10 So then as time allows it, we should be working towards good for everybody and especially for fellow believers.