Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Galatians 6:3

"For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself." — Galatians 6:3 (ASV)

Two errors might keep believers from fulfilling this role of mutual sympathy. The first is conceit, i.e., Christians thinking themselves to be more important than they are. The implication seems to be that if Christians neglect or refuse to bear another’s burdens, it is because they think themselves above it. But this is to be self-deceived, for, measured by God’s standards, no one amounts to anything. A positive statement of the same principle occurs in Ro 12:3.