1 Timothy 3:6

Overview - 1 Timothy 3
1	How bishops and deacons, and their wives should be qualified;
14	and to what end Saint Paul wrote to Timothy of these things.
15	Of the church, and the blessed truth therein taught and professed.

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1 Timothy 3:6 (King James Version)
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

novice: or, one newly come to the faith.; 1 Corinthians 3:1 ; Hebrews 5:12 Hebrews 5:13 ; 1 Peter 2:2
lest: Deuteronomy 8:14 ; 17:20 2 Kings 14:10 ; 2 Chronicles 26:16 ; 32:25 Proverbs 16:18 Proverbs 16:19 ; 18:12; Proverbs 29:23 ; Isaiah 2:12 ; 1 Corinthians 4:6-8 ; 8:1 2 Corinthians 12:7 ; 1 Peter 5:5
the condemnation: Isaiah 14:12-14 ; Luke 10:18 ; 2 Peter 2:4 ; Jude 1:6