1 Timothy 3:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ He must not be a new convert, or he may [develop a beclouded and stupid state of mind] as the result of pride [be blinded by conceit, and] fall into the condemnation that the devil [once] did. [Isa. 14:12-14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁶ They shouldn’t be new believers so that they won’t become proud and fall under the devil’s spell.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ He must not be a new convert, lest, being elated by pride, he may fall under the sentence of the devil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Timothy 3:6 Cross References

2 Kings 14:10

Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the LORD his God; for he went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour goeth humility.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low: But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honour.

Isaiah 2:12

For there shall be a day of the LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

Daniel 11:12

And the multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted: and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.

Luke 10:18

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.

1 Corinthians 3:1

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.

2 Corinthians 12:7

And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the Revelation--wherefore, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Deuteronomy 8:14

then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

1 Timothy 3:7

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

1 Timothy 6:4

he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgement;

Jude 1:6

And angels which kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgement of the great day.