Galatians 6:3

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

4But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:14As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

1 Corinthians 8:2But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

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

Galatians 2:6But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted 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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