1 Timothy 3:6

The Text-Critical English New Testament

He must not be a new convert, or he might become puffed up and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Cross References

Luke 10:18

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

1 Corinthians 3:1

And so, brothers, I could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now concerning food sacrificed 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 becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations I received, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me so that I would not become conceited.

1 Timothy 3:7

He must also have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he may not fall into the reproach and snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 6:4

he is puffed up and understands nothing. Moreover, he has an unhealthy desire for controversies and quarrels about words, from which come envy, strife, slanderous words, evil suspicions,

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, reckless, puffed up, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babies, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow,

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must submit to your elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility as you submit to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus and committed them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;

Jude 1:6

And the angels who did not keep within their proper domain, but left their own dwelling, he has kept under darkness in everlasting chains for the judgment of the great day.