1 Timothy 3:6
He must not be a new convert, lest, being elated by pride, he may fall under the sentence of the devil.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
In Context
5For if a man does not know how to lead his own house, how will he take care of the Church of God?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:14your heart might be lifted up, and you might not remember the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude,
2 Kings 14:10You have struck and prevailed over Idumea. And your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your own glory, and be seated in your own house. Why would you provoke evil, so that you would fall, and Judah with you?”
2 Chronicles 32:25But he did not repay according to the benefits which he had received, for his heart was lifted up. And so wrath was brought against him, and against Judah and Jerusalem.
Proverbs 18:12The heart of a man is exalted before it is crushed and humbled before it is glorified.
Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of hosts will prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall be humbled,
Daniel 11:12And he will seize a multitude, and his heart will be exalted, and he will cast down many thousands, but he will not prevail.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:2-8
Duties of Bishops and Deacons. ( a. d. 64.) 1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how… Read the whole commentary →