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1 Timothy 3:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and incur the same condemnation as the devil.

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he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in disputes and arguments over words.  From these come envy,  quarrelling,  slander,  evil suspicions,


In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with  humility towards one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.   ,


Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word,  , so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,


especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh  was given to me, a messenger of Satan  to torment me so that I would not exalt myself.


Now about food sacrificed to idols:  We know that ‘we all have knowledge’. Knowledge puffs up,  but love  builds up.


For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.


For a day belonging to the  Lord of Armies is coming against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up #– #it will be humbled –


A person’s pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain honour.


Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honour.


However, because his heart was proud,  Hezekiah didn’t respond according to the benefit that had come to him. So there was wrath on him, Judah, and Jerusalem.


But when he became strong, he grew arrogant,  and it led to his own destruction. He acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God by going into the Lord’s sanctuary to burn incense on the incense altar.


You have indeed defeated Edom, and you have become overconfident.  , Enjoy your glory and stay at home. Why should you stir up such trouble that you fall #– #you and Judah with you? ’


Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue reigning many years  in Israel.


be careful that your heart doesn’t become proud and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.


and the angels  who did not keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deep darkness for the judgement on the great day.


For if God didn’t spare  the angels who sinned but cast them into hell  , and delivered them in chains  of utter darkness to be kept for judgement;


traitors,  reckless,  conceited,  lovers of pleasure  rather than lovers of God,


He said to them, ‘I watched Satan   fall from heaven like lightning.


Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the devil’s  trap.


When the army is carried off, he will become arrogant and cause tens of thousands to fall, but he will not triumph.





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