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.
BSB
ASV
not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
KJV
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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1 Peter 5:5Young 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.”
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But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
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1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
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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!
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
HOMILIES 95 (420)
Realize how evil pride is from the very fact that there is no excuse for it. Other vices harm only those who commit them. Pride inflicts far more injury on everyone. I am saying all this lest you consider pride a trifling sin. What, in fact, does the apostle say? "Lest he incur the condemnation passed on the devil." The man who is puffed up with his own importance falls into the judgment of the devil.
Not a novice,.... Or one newly planted, the Arabic version adds, "in the faith"; meaning not a young man, for so was Timothy himself; but a young professor and church member; one that is lately come to the knowledge of the truth, and has just embraced and professed it, and become a member of a church, a new plant there: so the Hebrew word נטע, "a plant", is by the Septuagint in Job 14:9 rendered by this very word.
