1 Timothy 3:6

1 Timothy 3:6

4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence

5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);

6 not a¹ novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the ^asnare of the devil.

Qualifications of Deacons

8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, ^anot given to much wine, not greedy for money,

9 holding the¹ mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Not a novice (mh neofuton). Our "neophyte." Vernacular word from Aristophanes on, in LXX, and in papyri in the original sense of "newly-planted" (neos, fuw). Only here in N.T.

Lest (ina mh). "That not."

Being puffed up (tufwqeiv). First aorist passive participle of tufow, old word (from tufov, smoke, pride), to raise a smoke or mist (a smoke-screen of pride). In N.T. only here; I Timothy 6:4; II Timothy 3:4.

He fall into (empesh eiv). Second aorist active subjunctive with ina mh, negative purpose, of empiptw, old verb, to fall into. Note both en and eiv as in Matthew 12:11; Luke 10:36.

The condemnation of the devil (krima tou diabolou). See Romans 3:8 for krima. Best to take tou diabolou as objective genitive, though subjective in verse I Timothy 3:7, "the condemnation passed on or received by the devil" (not just "the slanderer," any slanderer).

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