Galatians 6:3
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Revised Version 1895
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 fulfill the law of Christ.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:14As clouds and wind without rain, so is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.
1 Corinthians 8:2If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
2 Corinthians 3:5not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
Galatians 2:6But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth not man’s person)—they, I say, who were of repute imparted 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 →