1 Timothy 3:7
He must also be well reported of, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.
Cross References
Mark 4:11And he saide vnto them, To you it is giuen to knowe the mysterie of the kingdome of God: but vnto them that are without, all thinges bee done in parables,
Acts 10:22And they sayd, Cornelius the captaine, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Iewes, was warned from heauen by an holy Angel, to send for thee into his house, and to heare thy wordes.
1 Corinthians 5:12For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within?
2 Corinthians 6:3We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.
Colossians 4:5Walke wisely towarde them that are without, and redeeme the season.
1 Thessalonians 5:22Absteine from all appearance of euill.
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 →