1 Timothy 3:6
“Not a nouice, lest being lifted vp with pride, hee fall into the condemnation of the deuill.”
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1 Timothy 3:6 Context
4One that ruleth well his owne house, hauing his children in subiection with all grauitie. 5(For if a man know not how to rule his owne house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?) 6Not a nouice, lest being lifted vp with pride, hee fall into the condemnation of the deuill. 7Moreouer, hee must haue a good report of them which are without, lest he fall into reproch, and the snare of the deuill. 8Likewise must the Deacons bee graue, not double tongued, not giuen to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,
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Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
- King James Version
{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)