1 Timothy 3:7

Easy To Read Version

An elder must also have the respect of people who are not in the church. Then he will not be criticized by other people and be caught in the devil’s trap.

Cross References

Mark 4:11

Jesus said, “Only you can know the secret truth about the kingdom of God. But to those other people I tell everything by using stories.

Acts 10:22

The men said, “A holy angel told Cornelius to invite you to his house. Cornelius is an army officer. {\cf2\super [208]} He is a good man; he worships God. All the Jewish people respect him. The angel told Cornelius to invite you to his house so that he can listen to the things you have to say.”

Acts 22:12

“In Damascus a man named Ananias {\cf2\super [438]} came to me. Ananias was a man that truly worshiped God; he obeyed the law \{of Moses\}. All the Jews who lived there respected him.

Acts 6:3

So, brothers and sisters, choose seven of your own men. They must be men that people say are good. They must be full of wisdom and full of the Spirit. {\cf2\super [109]} We will give them this work to do.

2 Corinthians 6:3

We don’t want people to find anything wrong with our work. So we do nothing that will be a problem to other people.

2 Corinthians 8:21

We are trying to do what is right. We want to do what the Lord accepts as right and also what people think is right.

Colossians 4:5

Be wise in the way you act with those people who are not believers. Use your time in the best way you can.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

If you do these things, then people who are not believers will respect the way you live. And you will not have to depend on other people for what you need.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

And stay away from everything that is evil.

1 Timothy 3:6

But an elder must not be a new believer. It might make a new believer be too proud of himself \{if he were made an elder\}. Then he would be judged (condemned) for his pride the same as the devil was.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I want the younger widows to marry, have children, and take care of their homes. If they do this, then our enemy will not have any reason to criticize them.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to become rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. Those things ruin and destroy people.

2 Timothy 2:26

The devil has trapped those people and makes them do what he wants. But maybe they can wake up \{and see that the devil is using them\} and free themselves from the devil’s trap.

Titus 2:5

They can teach the younger women to be wise and to be pure, to take care of their homes, to be kind, and to be willing to serve their husbands. Then no person will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.

Titus 2:8

And your teaching should be clearly right so that you cannot be criticized. Then any person who is against you will be ashamed because he has nothing bad that he can say against us.

1 Samuel 2:24

Sons, don’t do these bad things. The Lord’s people are saying bad things about you.