Galatians 6:3
For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Revised King James 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 one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Cross References
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax gatherer.
Romans 12:16Be in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own conceits.
1 Corinthians 8:2And if any man thinks that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
Galatians 2:6But those who seemed to be important, (what they were makes no difference to me: God shows no partiality:) well, those who seemed to be important 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 →