the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Galatians 6:3
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For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
But if you think you're too good to get off and lend a hand to a broken fellow, you show just how small a man you really are. You can talk a big game all you want, but the only one who believes your lies is you.
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
For if any man reputes himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself;
For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
For if any man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
For if there is any one who thinks himself to be somebody when he is nobody, he is deluding himself.
For if a man thinke himselfe to be something, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe.
For if anyone thinks to be something, he deceives himself, being nothing.
But yf eny man thinke himselfe to be somwhat (whan in dede he is nothinge) the same disceaueth himselfe.
for if a man thinks himself to be considerable, when he is not, he deceives himself.
For if anyone thinks he is something [special] when [in fact] he is nothing [special except in his own eyes], he deceives himself.
For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
If eny ma seme to him silfe that he is somwhat whe in dede he is nothynge the same deceaveth hym silfe in his ymaginacion.
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
for if any one doth think [himself] to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;
If anyone thinks he is important when he really is not, he is only fooling himself.
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
If you think you are better than others, when you really aren't, you are wrong.
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is fooling himself.
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.
For if man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself.Romans 12:3; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 12:11; Galatians 2:6;">[xr]
For if a man consider that he is something, while he is not, he deceiveth himself.
For if any one thinketh himself to be something, when he is not, he deceiveth himself.
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.
If anyone thinks he is important when he is nothing, he is fooling himself.
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
For, if any one thinketh he is something, when he is, nothing, he deceiveth himself;
For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
For if anyone thinks he is something although he is nothing, he is deceiving himself.
For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat, when he is nothyng, the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie.
If you think you are too important to do this, you are only fooling yourself.
For if anyone thinks that he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
If you think you are something when you really are nothing, you are only deceiving yourself.
For who that trowith that he be ouyt, whanne he is nouyt, he bigilith him silf.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
if: Galatians 2:6, Proverbs 25:14, Proverbs 26:12, Luke 18:11, Romans 12:3, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 8:2
when: 1 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 3:5, 2 Corinthians 12:11
he deceiveth: 1 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Timothy 3:13, James 1:22, James 1:26, 1 John 1:8
Reciprocal: Job 15:31 - not him Proverbs 12:15 - way Proverbs 14:12 - General Proverbs 21:2 - right Jeremiah 37:9 - Deceive 1 Corinthians 3:7 - General 1 Corinthians 4:8 - ye are full Galatians 6:7 - not 1 Timothy 6:4 - He Titus 3:3 - deceived James 2:20 - O vain
Cross-References
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
God said to Noah, "It's all over. It's the end of the human race. The violence is everywhere; I'm making a clean sweep.
"Build yourself a ship from teakwood. Make rooms in it. Coat it with pitch inside and out. Make it 450 feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. Build a roof for it and put in a window eighteen inches from the top; put in a door on the side of the ship; and make three decks, lower, middle, and upper.
"But I'm going to establish a covenant with you: You'll board the ship, and your sons, your wife and your sons' wives will come on board with you. You are also to take two of each living creature, a male and a female, on board the ship, to preserve their lives with you: two of every species of bird, mammal, and reptile—two of everything so as to preserve their lives along with yours. Also get all the food you'll need and store it up for you and them."
But they turned on him; they grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned on them, became their enemy and fought them.
"Well, your God has something to say about this: Watch out! I'm about to visit doom on you, and no one will get out of it. You're going to cry for help but I won't listen. Then all the people in Judah and Jerusalem will start praying to the gods you've been sacrificing to all these years, but it won't do a bit of good. You've got as many gods as you have villages, Judah! And you've got enough altars for sacrifices to that impotent sex god Baal to put one on every street corner in Jerusalem!"
"And you continue, so bullheaded! Calluses on your hearts, flaps on your ears! Deliberately ignoring the Holy Spirit, you're just like your ancestors. Was there ever a prophet who didn't get the same treatment? Your ancestors killed anyone who dared talk about the coming of the Just One. And you've kept up the family tradition—traitors and murderers, all of you. You had God's Law handed to you by angels—gift-wrapped!—and you squandered it!"
Don't suppress the Spirit, and don't stifle those who have a word from the Master. On the other hand, don't be gullible. Check out everything, and keep only what's good. Throw out anything tainted with evil.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For if a man think himself to be something,.... Of himself; to have anything of himself, to do anything of himself, and of himself to attain to life and salvation:
when he is nothing: of himself; not even as a creature, but owes his being and preservation, and all the mercies of life, to another, even to God; has no grace nor gifts of himself, but what he has received, and can do no good thing, not think a good thought, or perform a good action, of himself, and much less of himself procure eternal life and salvation:
he deceiveth himself: and will find himself sadly mistaken, and wretchedly disappointed another day; or whoever thinks himself to be some famous and excellent person, to be something more, and better than others, of a more excellent nature, and of greater abilities, that he is free from sin, or at least holier than others, and not liable to fall as others, whom he looks upon with disdain and contempt, wanting that charity which the law, and new commandment of Christ, requires, when he is nothing but sin and vanity, he is destitute of the grace of God, he deceives himself and the truth is not in him. This the apostle says to depress pride, and a swelling conceit of themselves, and all uncharitable, rough, and severe usages of others. A saying like this the Jews have y;
"whoever he is that is something, or thinks in himself that he is כלום, "something", it would be better for him if he had never been created.''
y Midrash Kohelet, fol. 79. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For if a man think himself to be something ... - see Galatians 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.
When he is nothing - When he has no strength, and no moral worth. When he is not such as he apprehends, but is lifted up with vain self-conceit.
He deceiveth himself - He understands not his own character. “The worst part of the fraud falls on his own head” - Doddridge. He does not accomplish what he expected to do; and instead of acquiring reputation from others, as he expected, he renders himself contemptible in their sight.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Galatians 6:3. If a man think himself to be something — i.e. To be a proper Christian man; when he is nothing; being destitute of that charity which beareth, hopeth, and endureth all things. See 1 Corinthians 13:1, c. Those who suppose themselves to excel all others in piety, understanding, c., while they are harsh, censorious, and overbearing, prove that they have not the charity that thinketh no evil and in the sight of God are only as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. There are no people more censorious or uncharitable than those among some religious people who pretend to more light and a deeper communion with God. They are generally carried away with a sort of sublime, high sounding phraseology, which seems to argue a wonderfully deep acquaintance with Divine things stripped of this, many of them are like Samson without his hair.
