6not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.


In Context

3 no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

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

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

6 not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

7 Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8 Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

1 Timothy 3:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:6Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into the fault of the devil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:6not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.