Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

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Bible References

If

Galatians 2:6
Those who were regarded as the leaders??hat they once were makes no difference to me; God takes no account of external differences??he leaders contributed nothing new to me.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.
Romans 12:3
By the favor that God has shown me, I would tell every one of you not to think too highly of himself, but to think reasonably, judging himself by the degree of faith God has allowed him.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one of you deceive himself. If any one of you imagines that he is wiser than the rest of you, in what this world calls wisdom, he had better become a fool, so as to become really wise.
1 Corinthians 8:2
If a man thinks he has acquired some knowledge, he does not yet know it as well as he ought to know it.

When

1 Corinthians 13:2
If I am inspired to preach and know all the secret truths and possess all knowledge, and if I have such perfect faith that I can move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing.
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that I am of myself qualified to claim anything as originating with me. My qualification is from God,
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have been making a fool of myself, but you forced me to do it, when you ought to have been expressing your approval of me. For I am not a bit inferior to your superfine apostles, even if I am nobody!

He deceiveth

1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one of you deceive himself. If any one of you imagines that he is wiser than the rest of you, in what this world calls wisdom, he had better become a fool, so as to become really wise.
2 Timothy 3:13
and bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves.
James 1:22
Obey the message; do not merely listen to it, and deceive yourselves.
1 John 1:8
If we say, "We are without any sin," we are deceiving ourselves, and there is no truth in our hearts.

General references

1 Corinthians 3:7
So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for anything, but only God who makes the plants grow.