Galatians 6:3

For if any one thinketh himself to be something, when he is not, he deceiveth himself.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 ye one another's burdens, that so ye may fulfill the law of the Messiah.

4But let a man examine his own conduct; and then his glorying will be within himself, and not in others.

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Cross References

Luke 18:11And the Pharisee stood by himself, and prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I have not been like the rest of men, rapacious, oppressive, and adulterous; nor like this publican.

Romans 12:16What estimation ye make of yourselves, make also of your brethren. And indulge not high thoughts; but unite yourselves with the lowly minded. And be not wise in your own estimation.

1 Corinthians 8:2And if any one thinketh that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know it.

2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves; but our efficiency is from God:

Galatians 2:6And they who were esteemed prominent, (what they were, I care not; for God regardeth not the persons of men,)even these persons 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 →

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