Galatians 6:3
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
BSB
ASV
For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
KJV
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
For if a man think himself to be something ... - see Gal 5:26. This is designed, evidently, to be another reason why we should be kind and tender to those who have erred. It is, that even those who are most confident may fall. They who feel secure, and think it impossible that they should sin, are not safe. They may be wholly deceived, and may be nothing, when they have the highest estimate of themselves. They may themselves fall into sin, and have need of all the sympathy and kindness of their brethren.
If any one think himself to be something - Above his brethren, or by any strength of his own. When he is nothing, he deceiveth himself - He alone will bear their burdens, who knows himself to be nothing.
Instead therefore of indulging such a vain-glorious humour, which is both destructive of the love and kindness we owe to our fellow-christians and also injurious to ourselves, it would much better become us to accept the apostle's exhortation ( Phil. ii. 3 ), Do nothing through strife nor vain-glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Romans 12:3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure…
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Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
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2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
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But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
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1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
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Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
