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1 Timothy 3:6

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6Not ||a novice, lest being tlifted up with pride he fall into uthe condemnation of the devil.

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  1. ||Or, one newly come to the faith.
  2. tSee ch. 6:4.
  3. uComp. Isai. 14:12. 2 Pet. 2:4. Jude 6, 9.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and incur the same condemnation as the devil.

NLTNew Living Translation

A church leader must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

not newly converted, lest he become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the devil.