1 Timothy 3:6

Not a nouice, lest being lifted vp with pride, hee fall into the condemnation of the deuill.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

{and} not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.
- Basic English Bible

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into [the] fault of the devil.
- Darby Bible

Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
- English Revised Version

not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 1 Timothy 3:6

3:6 Lest being puffed up - With this new honour, or with the applause which frequently follows it. He fall into the condemnation of the devil - The same into which the devil fell.