Galatians 6:3
For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
In Context
2Beare ye one anothers burden, and so fulfill the Lawe of Christ.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:14A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
Luke 18:11The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
Romans 12:16Be of like affection one towardes another: be not hie minded: but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort: be not wise in your selues.
1 Corinthians 8:2Nowe, if any man thinke that hee knoweth any thing, hee knoweth nothing yet as hee ought to knowe.
2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are sufficient of our selues, to thinke any thing, as of our selues: but our sufficiencie is of God,
Galatians 2:6But by them which seemed to be great, I was not taught (whatsoeuer they were in time passed, I am nothing the better: God accepteth no mans person) for they that are the chiefe, did adde nothing to me aboue that I had.
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 →