Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
From them that are without (apo twn ecwqen). "From the outside (of the church) ones." Paul's care for the witness of outsiders is seen in I Thessalonians 4:12; I Corinthians 10:32; Colossians 4:5. There are, of course, two sides to this matter.
Reproach (oneidismon). Late word from oneidizw. See Romans 15:3.
The snare of the devil (pagida tou diabolou). Here subjective genitive, snare set by the devil. Pagiv, old word from phgnumi, to make fast. So a snare for birds (Luke 21:35), any sudden trap (Romans 11:9), of sin (I Timothy 6:9), of the devil (I Timothy 3:7; II Timothy 2:26). Ancients used it of the snares of love. The devil sets special snares for preachers (conceit verse I Timothy 3:6, money I Timothy 6:9, women, ambition).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 3:7:
Luke 21:34
Acts 14:23
1 Timothy 3:6
1 Timothy 3:7
1 Timothy 4:6
1 Timothy 6:9
2 Timothy 2:26
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