Galatians 6:3
For if any one thinketh that he is something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 fulfil the law of Christ.
Cross References
Luke 18:11The pharisee standing by himself prayed thus, O God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, rapacious, unjust, adulterous, or even as this publican.
Romans 12:16Be alike affected to each other: not aiming at high things, but accommodating yourselves to persons of low rank. Be not wise in your own conceit.
1 Corinthians 8:2And if any one be conceited of his knowledge, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
2 Corinthians 3:5not that we can of ourselves reckon upon any thing as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.
Galatians 2:6And as to those who seemed to be men of note, whatever they were, it is all one to me, (God accepteth no man's person) for even these eminent persons added nothing more 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 →