not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Timothy 3:6 in context
1 Timothy 3:3–9
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not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
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one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
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(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
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not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
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Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
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holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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