“Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.”
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil — the neophytos (recent convert)'s theological inexperience and untested virtue create vulnerability to tuphōō (conceit/inflation). The devil's condemnation becomes the template for the proud convert's downfall.
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