Galatians 6:3

New International Reader's Version

If anyone thinks they are somebody when they are nobody, they are fooling themselves.

Cross References

Proverbs 25:14

A person who brags about gifts never given is like wind and clouds that don’t produce rain.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a foolish person than for them.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed. ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people,’ he said. ‘I am not like robbers or those who do other evil things. I am not like those who commit adultery. I am not even like this tax collector.

Acts 5:36

Some time ago Theudas appeared. He claimed he was really somebody. About 400 people followed him. But he was killed. All his followers were scattered. So they accomplished nothing.

Romans 12:16

Agree with one another. Don’t be proud. Be willing to be a friend of people who aren’t considered important. Don’t think that you are better than others.

Romans 12:3

God’s grace has been given to me. So here is what I say to every one of you. Don’t think of yourself more highly than you should. Be reasonable when you think about yourself. Keep in mind the faith God has given to each of you.

1 Corinthians 13:2

Suppose I have the gift of prophecy. Suppose I can understand all the secret things of God and know everything about him. And suppose I have enough faith to move mountains. If I don’t have love, I am nothing at all.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t fool yourselves. Suppose some of you think you are wise by the standards of the world. Then you should become “fools” so that you can become wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2

Those who think they know something still don’t know as they should.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have made a fool of myself. But you made me do it. You should have praised me. Even though I am nothing, I am in no way less important than the “super-apostles.”

2 Corinthians 3:5

In ourselves we are not able to claim anything for ourselves. The power to do what we do comes from God.

Galatians 2:6

Some people in Jerusalem were thought to be important. But it makes no difference to me what they were. God does not treat people differently. Those people added nothing to my message.

Galatians 2:9

James, Peter and John are respected as pillars in the church. They recognized the special grace given to me. So they shook my hand and the hand of Barnabas. They wanted to show they accepted us. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles. They would go to the Jews.

2 Timothy 3:13

Evil people and pretenders will go from bad to worse. They will fool others, and others will fool them.

James 1:22

Don’t just listen to the word. You fool yourselves if you do that. You must do what it says.

James 1:26

Suppose people think their beliefs and how they live are both right. But they don’t control what they say. Then they are fooling themselves. Their beliefs and way of life are not worth anything at all.

1 John 1:8

Suppose we claim we are without sin. Then we are fooling ourselves. The truth is not in us.