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


In Context

3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

5 (but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

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

7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

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 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 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.