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Galatians 6:3

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

KJV

εἰ γὰρ δοκεῖ τις εἶναί τι μηδὲν ὤν, φρεναπατᾷ ἑαυτόν·

Greek NT

Nam si quis existimat se aliquid esse, cum nihil sit, ipse se seducit.

Vulgate

For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

ASV

For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δοκέω
dokeo
verb · 62×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
φρεναπατάω
phrenapatao
verb · 1×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: φρεναπατᾷ ἑαυτόν | WH/Treg/NIV: φρεναπατᾷ ἑαυτόν | RP: ἑαυτόν φρεναπατᾷ
  • φρεναπατᾷ ἑαυτόνSBLGNT
  • φρεναπατᾷ ἑαυτόνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἑαυτόν φρεναπατᾷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 4.—About the Prefigured Change of the Israelitic Kingdom and Priesthood, and About the Things Hannah the Mother of Samuel Prophesied, Personating the Church. Therefore the advance of the city of God, where it reached the times of the kings, yielded a figure, when, on the rejection of Saul, David first obtained the kingdom on such a footing that thenceforth his descendan…
Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and me…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:7 — So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
  • 1Cor 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
  • 1Cor 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
  • 1Cor 4:8 — Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
  • 1Cor 8:2 — And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
  • 1Cor 8:2 — And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
  • 1Cor 13:2 — And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
  • 1Cor 13:2 — And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
  • 1John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • 1John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • 2Cor 3:5 — Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
  • 2Cor 12:11 — I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
  • 2Tim 3:13 — But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
  • Acts 5:36 — For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, a
  • Gal 2:6 — But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
  • Gal 2:6 — But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
  • Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • Jas 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
  • Jas 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
  • Jas 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
  • Jas 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
  • Jas 2:20 — But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
  • Jer 37:9 — Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
  • Job 15:31 — Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
  • Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
  • Prov 12:15 — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
  • Prov 14:12 — There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Prov 21:2 — Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
  • Prov 25:14 — Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
  • Prov 26:12 — Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
  • Rom 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man t
  • Rom 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man t
  • Rom 12:16 — Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
  • Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.