Galatians 6:3

For if some man presumes to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

In Context

2Bear the burdens of each other, and so fulfill the law of the Christ.

4But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have the boast in himself alone and not in the other man.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:14Clouds and wind without rain, [is] he who boasts himself of his gifts falsely.

Luke 18:11Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

Romans 12:16thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

1 Corinthians 8:2If any man presumes to know anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

2 Corinthians 3:5not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

Galatians 2:6But from those who were reputed to be something (what kind they were formerly, it makes no difference to me, God does not accept a personage of man), for those who were of repute added nothing to me,

Matthew Henry on Galatians 6:2-11

Tenderness in Reproving; Self-Examination; Spiritual Mindedness and Beneficence. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in… Read the whole commentary →

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