1 Timothy 3:7

James Moffatt - New Testament

also, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, in case he incurs slander and is trapped by the devil.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:21

I aim at being above reproach not only from God but also from men.

2 Timothy 2:26

they may come to their senses again and escape the snare of the devil, as they are brought back to life by God to do his will.

Colossians 4:5

Let Christian wisdom rule your behaviour to the outside world; make the very most of your time;

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

so that your life may be correct in the eyes of the outside world and self-supporting.

2 Corinthians 6:3

I put no obstacle in the path of any, so that my ministry may not be discredited;

1 Corinthians 10:32

Put no stumbling-block in the way of Jews or Greeks or the church of God.

Acts 6:3

Brothers, look out seven of your own number, men of good reputation who are full of the Spirit and of wisdom. We will appoint them to this duty,

Titus 2:8

let your words be sound and such that no exception can be taken to them, so that the opposite side may be confounded by finding nothing that they can say to our discredit.

Titus 2:5

to be mistress of themselves, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands — otherwise it will be a scandal to the gospel.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

and abstaining from whatever kind is evil.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I prefer young widows to marry again, to bear children, to look after their households, and not to afford our opponents any chance of reviling us.

1 Corinthians 5:12

Outsiders it is no business of mine to judge. No, you must judge those who are inside the church, for yourselves;

Acts 22:12

Then a certain Ananias, a devout man in the Law, who had a good reputation among all the Jewish inhabitants,

Acts 10:22

They said, "Cornelius, a captain, a good man who reverences God and enjoys a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to listen to what you had to say."

Mark 4:11

and he said to them: "The open secret of the Realm of God is granted to you, but these outsiders get everything by way of parables,

3 John 1:12

Everybody testifies to Demetrius, and so does the Truth itself: I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.

1 Timothy 3:6

he must not be a new convert, in case he gets conceited and incurs the doom passed on the devil;