For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me.
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