Galatians 6:3

For if any one seems to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

4But let each one prove his own work, and then he shall have rejoicing to himself alone, and not to another;

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Cross References

Luke 18:11The Pharisee standing was praying in these words, God, I thank thee because I am not like the rest of the men, extortioners, unjust, adulterous, or even as this publican:

Romans 12:16Have the same mind toward one another, not thinking high things, but condescending to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.

1 Corinthians 8:2If any one seems to know anything, yet he knows not as it behooves him to know;

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

Galatians 2:6But of those seeming to be something what they were at that time makes no difference to me: God does not receive the face of man: for those seeming to me to be prominent added nothing extra:

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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