1 Timothy 3:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ Not a new convert, lest he become puffed up with pride and fall into the judgment 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.

1 Timothy 3:6 Cross References

2 Kings 14:10

“You have certainly smitten Eḏ

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he became strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he trespassed against יהוה  his Elohim by entering the Hĕ

2 Chronicles 32:25

However, Ḥ

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before esteem is humility.

Proverbs 29:23

The pride of man brings him low, But the humble in spirit obtains esteem.

Isaiah 2:12

For יהוה  of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up, so that it is brought low;

Daniel 11:12

and he shall capture the army, his heart being exalted. And he shall cause tens of thousands to fall, but not prevail.

Luke 10:18

And He said to them, “I saw Satan falling out of the heaven as lightning.

1 Corinthians 3:1

And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual ones but as to fleshly, as to babes in Messiah.

1 Corinthians 8:1

And concerning food offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

2 Corinthians 12:7

And to keep me from exalting myself because of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to hit me, to keep me from exalting myself.

Deuteronomy 17:20

so that his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and so as not to turn aside from the command, right or left, so that he prolongs his days in his reign, he and his children, in the midst of Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 8:14

that your heart then becomes lifted up, and you forget יהוה  your Elohim who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage,

1 Timothy 3:7

And he should even have a good witness from those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 6:4

he is puffed up, understanding none at all, but is sick about questionings and verbal battles from which come envy, strife, slander, wicked suspicions,

2 Timothy 3:4

betrayers, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Elohim,

1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babes, desire the unadulterated milk of the Word, in order that you grow by it,

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you younger ones, be subject to elders. And gird yourselves with humility toward one another, for “Elohim resists the proud, but gives favour to the humble.”

2 Peter 2:4

For if Elohim did not spare the messengers who sinned, but sent them to Tartaros, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be kept for judgment,

Jude 1:6

And the messengers who did not keep their own principality, but left their own dwelling, He has kept in everlasting shackles under darkness for the judgment of the great day.