Galatians 6:3
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.
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 another.
5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
- KJV
- For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
- WEB
- For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
- ASV
- For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
- DARBY
- For if any man reputes himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself;
- BLB
- For if anyone thinks [himself] to be something being nothing, he deceives himself.
- ÅB
- For dersom noen tykkes seg å være noe og er dog intet, da dårer han seg selv.
- OTB
- Hvis noen tror de er noe når de ingenting er, bedrar de seg selv.
- B1930
- For dersom nogen tykkes sig å være noget og er dog intet, da dårer han sig selv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:2
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Read in contextRomans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Read in contextJames 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Read in context1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:2
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
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