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1 Timothy 3:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.


1 Timothy 3:6Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 3:610 words
GreekMeaning
μὴ
notadverbG3361
νεόφυτονneophyton
a noviceadjectiveG3504
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
μὴ
notadverbG3361
τυφωθεὶςtyphōtheis
having been puffed upverbG5187
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
κρίμαkrima
the judgmentnounG2917
ἐμπέσῃempesē
he may fallverbG1706
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
διαβόλουdiabolou
deviladjectiveG1228
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 3:6

“Not a novice.” He does not say, not a young man, but not a new convert. For he had said, “I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.” 1 Corinthians 3:6 Wishing them to point out such an one, he used this word. For, otherwise, what hindered him from saying, “Not a young man”? For if youth only was an objection, why did he himself appoint Timothy, a young man? (and this he proves by saying to him, “Let no man despise your youth.”) 1 Timothy 4:12 Because he was…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 10 on First Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Michael van BergNote3mo ago
Not a Recent Convert
I've been doing discipleship work for years and I notice something about new converts - they often have the most passion and the least judgment. They want to do everything and they haven't learned the...
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