Galatians 6:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”
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“If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Galatians 6:3 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 25:14Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
- Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- 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 of faith God has given you.
- Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 8:2The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
- 1 Corinthians 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
- Galatians 2:6But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.
- 2 Timothy 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- James 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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