1 Timothy 3:6
Neither let him be of recent discipleship; lest he be uplifted, and fall into the condemnation of Satan.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 he knoweth not how to guide his own house well, how can he guide the church of God.
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 →