Galatians 6:3
For if a man consider that he is something, while he is not, he deceiveth himself.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
In Context
2And bear the burden of one another, and so fulfil the law of the Meshiha.
4But let every man prove his work, and then in himself he shall exult, and not in others.
Cross References
Luke 18:11and, behold, the Pharisha stood (and) within himself these words prayed: Aloha, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious and unjust, and adulterers; nor as this publican.
Romans 12:16And what you think of yourselves, (that) also think of your brethren; nor think with a high mind, but incline to them who are humble; and be not wise in the conceit of your own mind.
1 Corinthians 8:2But if a man think that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet as it behoves him to know:
2 Corinthians 3:5For we are not sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves; but our power is from Aloha,
Galatians 2:6But, they who were considered to be somewhat,---but what they were I care not, for Aloha accepteth not men?s faces,---they themselves added nothing unto 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 →