Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Self-conceit, the chief hindrance to forbearance and sympathy towards our fellow men, must be laid aside.
something—possessed of some spiritual pre-eminence, so as to be exempt from the frailty of other men.
when he is nothing—The Greek is subjective: "Being, if he would come to himself, and look on the real fact, nothing" [ALFORD] (Galatians 6:2, Galatians 6:6; Romans 12:3; I Corinthians 8:2).
deceiveth himself—literally, "he mentally deceives himself." Compare James 1:26, "deceiveth his own heart."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Galatians 6:3:
Galatians 5:16
Galatians 6:5
Titus 1:10
James 5:7
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