Galatians 6:3
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Webster Bible
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 25:14Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are , extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
1 Corinthians 8:2And if any man thinketh that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
Galatians 2:6But of these, who seemed to be somewhat, (whatever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat , 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 →