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 3:6 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Timothy 3:610 words
ℹGreek 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…
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