For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Galatians 6:3 in context
Galatians 6:1–6
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Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.
2
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
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For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.
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For each man will bear his own burden.
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But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
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