Galatians 6:3
For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
In Context
2Bear ye one another's burdens; and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:14As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfil his promises.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican.
Romans 12:16Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.
1 Corinthians 8:2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know.
2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.
Galatians 2:6But of them who seemed to be some thing, (what they were some time, it is nothing to me, God accepteth not the person of man,) for to me they that seemed to be some thing added nothing.
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 →