Galatians 6:3
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Majority Standard Bible
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 in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:14Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
1 Corinthians 8:2The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Galatians 2:6But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders 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 →