Galatians 6:3
For if anyone considers himself to be something, though he may be nothing, he deceives himself.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
In Context
2Carry one another’s burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:14A man who boasts and does not fulfill his promises is like clouds and wind, when rain does not follow.
Luke 18:11Standing, the Pharisee prayed within himself in this way: ‘O God, I give thanks to you that I am not like the rest of men: robbers, unjust, adulterers, even as this tax collector chooses to be.
Romans 12:16Be of the same mind toward one another: not savoring what is exalted, but consenting in humility. Do not choose to seem wise to yourself.
1 Corinthians 8:2But if anyone considers himself to know anything, he does not yet know in the way that he ought to know.
2 Corinthians 3:5It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves, as if anything was from us. But our adequacy is from God.
Galatians 2:6and away from those who were pretending to be something. (Whatever they might have been once, it means nothing to me. God does not accept the reputation of a man.) And those who were claiming to be something had nothing to offer 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 →