“For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.”
If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. — Paul's warning against self-deception ('dokeo dokei' — if one seems to oneself, thinks): spiritual overestimation of oneself is 'mataiazō' (vain conceit), the first step toward judgment.
Church Fathers on Galatians 6:3
“For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” Here again he reflects on their arrogance. He that thinks himself to be something is nothing, and exhibits at the outset a proof of his worthlessness by such a disposition.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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