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1 Timothy 3:5-7
New Living Translation
1 Timothy 3:5-7
New Living Translation
5 For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?
6 A church leader must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall.[a] 7 Also, people outside the church must speak well of him so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the devil’s trap.
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- 3:6 Or he might fall into the same judgment as the devil.
1 Timothy 3:5-7
New International Version
1 Timothy 3:5-7
New International Version
5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)(A) 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited(B) and fall under the same judgment(C) as the devil. 7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders,(D) so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.(E)
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