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


In Context

3 Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but

4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.

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

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

7 Moreover he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8 Deacons in like manner chaste, 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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