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Galatians 6:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you think you are better than others, when you really aren't, you are wrong.

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Broken promises are worse than rain clouds that don't bring rain.

There is more hope for a fool than for someone who says, “I'm really clever!”

The Pharisee stood over by himself and prayed, “God, I thank you that I am not greedy, dishonest, and unfaithful in marriage like other people. And I am really glad that I am not like that tax collector over there.

Not long ago Theudas claimed to be someone important, and about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed. All his followers were scattered, and that was the end of that.

Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you are cleverer than others. Make friends with ordinary people.

I realize how kind God has been to me, and so I tell each of you not to think you are better than you really are. Use good sense and measure yourself by the amount of faith that God has given you.

What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets and all knowledge? And what if I had faith that moved mountains? I would be nothing, unless I loved others.

Don't fool yourselves! If any of you think you are wise in the things of this world, you will have to become foolish before you can be truly wise.

In fact, people who think they know so much don't know anything at all.

I have been making a fool of myself. But you forced me to do it, when you should have been speaking up for me. I may be nothing at all, but I am as good as those super apostles.

We don't have the right to claim that we have done anything on our own. God gives us what it takes to do all that we do.

Some of them were supposed to be important leaders, but I didn't care who they were. God doesn't have any favourites! None of these so called special leaders added anything to my message.

James, Peter, and John realized that God had given me the message about his undeserved kindness. And these men are supposed to be the backbone of the church. They even gave Barnabas and me a friendly handshake. This was to show that we would work with Gentiles and that they would work with Jews.

But evil people who pretend to be what they are not will become worse than ever, as they fool others and are fooled themselves.

Obey God's message! Don't fool yourselves by just listening to it.

If you think you are being religious, but can't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and everything you do is useless.

If we say that we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts.




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