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


In Context

3 not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

4 conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

5 (but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)

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

7 But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8 Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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