Galatians 6:3

If a man fancies himself to be somebody when he is really nobody he is deceiving himself.

Montgomery 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

2Ever be bearing one another’s burdens, and so be fulfilling the law of Christ.

4Let each one test his own work, and he will then have something to be proud of by comparing himself with himself, and not with any one else;

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Cross References

Luke 18:11"The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "‘O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer;

Romans 12:16Have full sympathy with one another. Set not your minds on high affairs, but associate with lowly folk. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

1 Corinthians 8:2If a man thinks that he already has knowledge, he does not yet truly know as he ought to know;

2 Corinthians 3:5Not that I am sufficient in myself to reach any conclusion in my own wisdom; but my sufficiency is from God.

Galatians 2:6But those in authority - what they once were makes no difference to me; God is no respecter of persons - those I say who were in authority had no additions to make my message.

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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