Galatians 6:3
For if any man conceits that he is something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
In Context
2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Cross References
Luke 18:11The Pharisee, standing by himself, made this prayer: God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of mankind, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this tax-gatherer.
Romans 12:16Be of the same mind among each other. Affect not high things, but be condescending to the lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.
1 Corinthians 8:2But if any man conceit that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
2 Corinthians 3:5not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account any thing of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God.
Galatians 2:6But from those who appeared men of the greatest importance, (what sort of men soever they were it maketh no difference to me: God accepteth not a man’s person;) for these important personages in conference 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 →