1 Timothy 3:6

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the Devil;

YLT

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

μὴ νεόφυτον, ἵνα μὴ τυφωθεὶς εἰς κρίμα ἐμπέσῃ τοῦ διαβόλου.

RP2018

Μὴ νεόφυτον, ἵνα μὴ τυφωθεὶς εἰς κρίμα ἐμπέσῃ τοῦ διαβόλου.

TR-Boyd

Μὴ νεόφυτον, ἵνα μὴ τυφωθεὶς εἰς κρίμα ἐμπέσῃ τοῦ διαβόλου.

SCR1894

μη νεοφυτον ινα μη τυφωθεις εις κριμα εμπεση του διαβολου

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• 1 Timothy 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
• Hebrews 5:12–13Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food! For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the…
• 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• 1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
• Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
• 1 Corinthians 8:1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
• 1 Corinthians 3:1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 4:6–8Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another. For who makes you so…
• Isaiah 14:12–14How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars…
• 2 Corinthians 12:7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
• 2 Kings 14:10You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
• Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Proverbs 16:18–19Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Deuteronomy 17:20Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 26:16But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• Deuteronomy 8:14then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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