Bearing - Galatians 6:1-5

Galatians 6:1-5 ESV 

 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.

At first glance, Paul might appear confused when telling us to bear each other's burdens, yet bear our own load. 

Looking a little closer, we find helping one another with the weight of our burdens fulfills the law of Christ. These we are to bear with humble grace and generosity of Spirit. 

We must bear something else, though a different Greek word is used here for "load".  We bear each other's burdens, but we will stand alone before Christ to give an account for our lives. We are not to compare ourselves with each other, but only to the Son. We are made in His image.