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Forγὰρifεἰanyoneτιςthinksδοκεῖhe isεἶναίsomethingτιwhen he isὤνnothing,μηδὲνhe deceivesφρεναπατᾷhimself.ἑαυτόν
Galatians 6:3
Study it in the app“For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 6:3, word by word
- thinksδοκεῖdokei
think
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “dokei” appears- he isεἶναίeinai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appears- nothingμηδὲνmēden
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēden” appears- he deceivesφρεναπατᾷphrenapatai
deceive
Deceive oneself with false ideas.
Where else “phrenapatai” appears
The context
2Bear one another’s burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of the Messiah.
3 · This verse (above)
4But let each one test his own work, and then he will have his reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to the other.