Here’s how these verses have been misinterpreted: No matter the cost, it’s biblical to step in and pick up another person’s burdens. It’s our Christian duty and obligation to help others carry their heavy loads when they’re struggling and in need—this could be emotionally, financially, spiritually, or in other ways as well. Here’s what these verses actually mean: We must pay close attention to two key words in these verses burdens and load. Sometimes we can think that it’s our place to engage in an exchange of burdens with those people we are in a relationship with. In other
