Verse 7
1 Timothy 3:7
Darby Translation
7
But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and [the] snare of the devil.
Original Language Text
greek
δεῖ ⸀δὲ καὶ μαρτυρίαν καλὴν ἔχειν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμπέσῃ καὶ παγίδα τοῦ διαβόλου.
English Translation
It is necessary also to have a good testimony from those outside, so that it may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.
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Chapter 3 Context
1
The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
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The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable...
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not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of mo...
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conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
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(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of Go...
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not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into [the] fault of the devil.
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But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall n...
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Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by ba...
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holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].
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[The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
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for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in f...
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These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;
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but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God (Elohim)'s ho...
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And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God (Elohim) has been manifested in flesh, has been j...
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