Galatians 6:4

But let each one prove his own work, and then shall he have ground of glorying in reference to himself alone, and not to another.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

In Context

3For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

5For each one shall bear his own load.

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Cross References

Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood, and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

1 Corinthians 3:21So then, let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

1 Corinthians 4:6And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye may learn not to go beyond that which is written, that ye be not puffed up each for one against another.

2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, did we deport ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 13:5Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye are reprobate?

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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