Galatians 6:3

Carry One Another’s Burdens

2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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Berean Standard Bible
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
American Standard Version (1901)
For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Free Bible Version
Those who think they're really something—when they're actually nothing—only fool themselves.
Geneva Bible 1599
For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.
King James (Authorized) Version
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Plain English Version
Don’t think that you are too important to help other Christians. If you are not very important, but you reckon you are really important, then you are just tricking yourself.
Translation for Translators
Keep in mind that those who refuse to help others because they think that they are more important than other people, although they are not really more important, are deceiving themselves.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Noah Webster Bible
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
World English Bible
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Young's Literal Translation
for if any one doth think [himself] to be something — being nothing — himself he doth deceive;