Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Holman Bible
For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing,
A Conservative Version
For if some man presumes to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
American Standard Version
For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Amplified
For if anyone thinks he is something [special] when [in fact] he is nothing [special except in his own eyes], he deceives himself.
An Understandable Version
For any person who thinks he is someone [important], when he is really nothing, is self-deceived.
Anderson New Testament
For if any one think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself:
Bible in Basic English
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
Common New Testament
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for if a man thinks himself to be considerable, when he is not, he deceives himself.
Darby Translation
For if any man reputes himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself;
Godbey New Testament
For if any one seems to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.
Goodspeed New Testament
For if anyone thinks he is somebody when he is really nobody, he is deceiving himself.
John Wesley New Testament
For if any man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Julia Smith Translation
For if any think to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.
King James 2000
For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For if anyone thinks he is something [although he] is nothing, he is deceiving himself.
Modern King James verseion
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If any man seem to himself that he is somewhat, when indeed he is nothing, the same deceiveth himself in his imagination.
Moffatt New Testament
If anyone imagines he is somebody, he is deceiving himself, for he is nobody;
Montgomery New Testament
If a man fancies himself to be somebody when he is really nobody he is deceiving himself.
NET Bible
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
New Heart English Bible
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Noyes New Testament
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Sawyer New Testament
For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
The Emphasized Bible
For, if any one thinketh he is something, when he is, nothing, he deceiveth himself;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For if any man conceits that he is something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If a man imagines himself to be somebody, when he is really nobody, he deceives himself.
Webster
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Weymouth New Testament
For if there is any one who thinks himself to be somebody when he is nobody, he is deluding himself.
Williams New Testament
For if anybody thinks he is somebody when really he is nobody, he deceives himself.
World English Bible
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Worrell New Testament
For, if any one thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Worsley New Testament
For if any one thinketh that he is something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Youngs Literal Translation
for if any one doth think himself to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Galatians 6:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Carry One Another's Burdens
2 Practice carrying each other's burdens. In this way you will fulfill the law of the Messiah. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself. 4 Each person must examine his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not about someone else.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. Really, I should have been commended by you, for I am not in any way inferior to your "super-apostles," even if I am nothing.
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I ask every one of you not to think of yourself more highly than you should think, rather to think of yourself with sober judgment on the measure of faith that God has assigned each of you.
1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone thinks he really knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it.
Galatians 2:6
Now those who were reputed to be important added nothing to my message. (What sort of people they were makes no difference to me, since God pays no attention to outward appearances.)
Proverbs 25:14
Like clouds and winds without rain is the man who brags about gifts he never gave.
Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own opinion? There's more hope for a fool than for him.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, "O God, I thank you that I'm not like other people thieves, dishonest people, adulterers, or even this tax collector.
Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with each other. Do not be arrogant, but associate with humble people. Do not think that you are wiser than you really are.
1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can understand all secrets and every form of knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains but have no love, I am nothing.
2 Corinthians 3:5
By ourselves we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God,
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.
James 1:22
Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.
James 1:26
If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.