1 Timothy 3:6
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
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novice.

1 Corinthians 3:1
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly--as infants in Christ.

Hebrews 5:12, 13
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food! . . .

1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

lest.

Deuteronomy 8:14
then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 17:20
Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

2 Kings 14:10
You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall--you and Judah with you?"

2 Chronicles 26:16
But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 32:25
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Proverbs 16:18, 19
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. . . .

Proverbs 18:12
Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Isaiah 2:12
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted--it will be humbled--

1 Corinthians 4:6-8
Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another. . . .

1 Corinthians 8:1
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

2 Corinthians 12:7
or with these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

the condemnation.

Isaiah 14:12-14
How you have fallen from heaven, O Morning Star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. . . .

Luke 10:18
So He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell, delivering them in chains to be held in gloomy darkness until their judgment;

Jude 1:6
And the angels who did not stay within their own domain, but abandoned their proper dwelling, He keeps under darkness, in eternal chains for judgment on that great day.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil.

International Standard Version
He must not be a recent convert, so that he won't become arrogant and fall into the devil's condemnation.

NET Bible
He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Neither should he be a young disciple, lest he be lifted up and would fall into the judgment of Satan;
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