Galatians 6:3

Galatians chapter 6 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Context

v.2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

v.3This passage

v.4But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 25:14

    As clouds and wind without rain, So ishe that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:2

    If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

  • 2 Timothy 3:13

    But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

  • 1 John 1:8

    If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:11

    I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

  • Luke 18:11

    The 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.