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1 Tim. 3:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Not βa novice, lest being lifted up with pridee he fall into the condemnation of the devilg.

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or, one newly come to the faith.

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Prov. 16:18• ¹⁸Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. (Prov. 16:18)

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Jude 6• ⁶And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 6)

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or, one newly come to the faith.

1 Cor. 3:1• ¹And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. (1 Cor. 3:1)

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Heb. 5:12‑13• ¹²For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
¹³For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. (Heb. 5:12‑13)

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1 Peter 2:2• ²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (1 Peter 2:2)

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Deut. 8:14• ¹⁴Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; (Deut. 8:14)

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Deut. 17:20• ²⁰That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. (Deut. 17:20)

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2 Kings 14:10• ¹⁰Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? (2 Kings 14:10)

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2 Chron. 26:16• ¹⁶But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense. (2 Chron. 26:16)

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2 Chron. 32:25• ²⁵But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 32:25)

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Prov. 16:18‑19• ¹⁸Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
¹⁹Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. (Prov. 16:18‑19)

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Prov. 18:12• ¹²Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility. (Prov. 18:12)

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Prov. 29:23• ²³A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. (Prov. 29:23)

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Isa. 2:12• ¹²For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: (Isa. 2:12)

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1 Cor. 4:6‑8• ⁶And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
⁷For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
⁸Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. (1 Cor. 4:6‑8)

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1 Cor. 8:1• ¹Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. (1 Cor. 8:1)

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2 Cor. 12:7• ⁷And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. (2 Cor. 12:7)

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1 Peter 5:5• ⁵Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5)

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Isa. 14:12‑14• ¹²How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
¹³For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (Isa. 14:12‑14)

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Luke 10:18• ¹⁸And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. (Luke 10:18)

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2 Peter 2:4• ⁴For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (2 Peter 2:4)

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Jude 6• ⁶And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 6)

• “The condemnation of the devil”: he exalted himself at the thought of his own importance (compare Ezekiel 28). “The snare of the devil” is another thing. If a man is not of good report, he will yield somewhere to the enemy, because he will not dare to withstand him boldly. (“1 Timothy 3” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into the faulth of the devil.

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Krima is the subject-matter of which a person had to be accused. They set up the krima of the Lord on the cross; that for which he came into accusation -- the charge. So it is used here. The devil was puffed up with his own excellency, and abode not in the truth. Hence, in a strongly taken sense, our word "crime." See also Note on 1 Cor. 11.29.

W. Kelly Translation

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not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the devil’s chargea .

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Or "judgment." "Condemnation" is too strong an expression and not the sense intended.