1 Timóteo 3

1 Timóteo 3

Morgan — 1 Tim 3.5 These words were used by the Apostle when he was giving Timothy instructions as to the orderly government of the Church; and their first application was to those who were to exercise oversight, that is, to be bishops or overseers. They contain a principle which applies to the whole field of Christian service. It may be said that every Christian witness is a centre around whom concentric circles are drawn in which his or her witness will operate. We may illustrate by saying that in the ordinary life of every Christian believer, the circles are those of home, church, city, nation, race. While the influence of a life may not seem to affect all these, it certainly does so in a measure. Necessarily it is more evident in the first circles. Now the principle involved in this statement is that we are only able to exert the true influence in the wider circles as we do so in the first. The question of the Apostle has a self-evident answer. If a man is not able to regulate the affairs of his own household, if his own children are unruly, he cannot guide and guard the Church of God so as to ensure its orderliness and power. That is so for two reasons. First, that he lacks the power to rule. If he possessed it, he could rule his own house. Second, that his failure in his own house must negative any attempt he may make in the Church, for men will only obey an authority which is evidenced by results. We may pass back to the central fact, andsay that fitness for the guidance of others, in home or Church, or anywhere, is created by the control of one's own life as it is wholly under the sway of the Lord. 1 Timothy 3:6 and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. BGT 1 Timothy 3:6 μὴ νεόφυτον, ἵνα μὴ τυφωθεὶς εἰς κρίμα ἐμπέσῃ τοῦ διαβόλου. KJV 1 Timothy 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. NET 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. CSB 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil. ESV 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. NIV 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. NLT 1 Timothy 3:6 An elder must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall. NRS 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. RSV 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil; YLT 1 Timothy 3:6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil; NKJ 1 Timothy 3:6 not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. NJB 1 Timothy 3:6 He should not be a new convert, in case pride should turn his head and he incur the same condemnation as the devil. NAB 1 Timothy 3:6 He should not be a recent convert, so that he may not become conceited and thus incur the devil's punishment. ASV 1 Timothy 3:6 not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil. MIT 1 Timothy 3:6 He should not be a recent convert, lest becoming conceited, he would fall into condemnation by the accuser. DBY 1 Timothy 3:6 not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into the fault of the devil. GWN 1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a new Christian, or he might become arrogant like the devil and be condemned. BBE 1 Timothy 3:6 Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One. new convert 1Co 3:1 Heb 5:12,13 1Pe 2:2 fall into: De 8:14 17:20 2Ki 14:10 2Ch 26:16 32:25 Pr 16:18,19 18:12 Pr 29:23 Isa 2:12 1Co 4:6-8 8:1 2Co 12:7 1Pe 5:5 condemnation: Isa 14:12-14 Lu 10:18 2Pe 2:4 Jude 1:6 1 Timothy 3 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: 1 Timothy 6:3-5+ If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, 4 he is conceited (tuphoo - puffed up, very proud) and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, 5 and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Isaiah 14:12-15+ (DEVIL'S PRIDE CAUSED HIS FALL) “How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! 13 “But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 14 ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ (COUNT ALL THE "I's" IN V13-14. WHAT'S THE MIDDLE LET OF PRIDE? HOW ABOUT SIN?) 15 (THE DEVIL'S CONDEMNATION) “Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit. Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. And (added by translators) not a new convert is a hapax legomenon, used only here in Scripture and is the Greek word neophutos (neos = young, new + phuo = to bring forth, produce - English - neophyte) referring literally to that which is newly planted, as newly planted trees! Figuratively, in this context it speaks of one newly become a part of the Christian church newly converted, one who is newly planted in the Christian community and is only beginning as a Christian. Note that Paul is not saying a young man cannot be placed in a position of leader, because some young men came to Christ at an early age and have walked with Christ for many years. So the restriction speaks to spiritual age, not physical age. This picture of a "newly planted" convert reminds me of Paul's description in 1 Corinthians 3:6+ where he declares "I planted (Lxx - phuteuo), Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth." I like the secular use of neophutos of newly planted trees for it reminds me of the man in Psalm 1:1-3+ How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be like a tree firmly planted (Lxx - phuteuo) by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. John