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1 Timothy 3:6

PrideHumility

4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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BSB
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
KJV
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
WEB
not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
ASV
not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
DARBY
not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into [the] fault of the devil.
BLB
not a novice, lest, having been puffed up, he might fall into the judgment of the devil.
ÅB
ikke en nyomvendt, for at han ikke skal bli oppblåst og falle i djevelens dom.
OTB
og ikke en nyomvendt, for at han ikke skal bli hovmodig og falle under djevelens dom.
B1930
ikke en nyomvendt, forat han ikke skal bli opblåst og falle i djevelens dom.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Timothy 6:4

    He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

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  • Hebrews 5:12–13

    For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

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  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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  • 1 Peter 2:2

    As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:1

    And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:7

    And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

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  • Isaiah 14:12–14

    How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

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  • Isaiah 2:12

    For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

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