6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.
5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?)
6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap.
8 Deacons, likewise, are to be men worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
3:6Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.
3:6not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
3:6not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into the fault of the devil.
3:6not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
3:6not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
3:6not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;
3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.