1 Timothy 3:7

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Summary

1 Timothy 3:7

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

A good

3 John 1:12

Lest

1 Peter 4:14

The snare

1 Timothy 6:9

2 Timothy 2:26

Bible References

A good

Some men's sins are very evident and clearly lead them on to judgment, but the sins of others lag behind.

So, brothers, you must select from your number seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit, and of good practical sense, and we will assign them to this business,

They answered, "Cornelius, a colonel in the army, an upright man and one who reveres God, and a man of high reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to listen to a message you would bring."

There a man named Ananias, a man devout in strict accordance with the law, of good reputation among all the Jews who lived there,

Demetrius has a good testimony from everybody and from truth itself; yea, from me too, and you know that my testimony to him is true.

Lest

So I would have the younger women marry, have children, and keep house, so as not to give our opponents any occasion for slander.

Stop being stumbling blocks to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

To keep my ministry from being found fault with, I am trying not to put a single hindrance in anybody's way.

For I am taking the precaution to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the eyes of men.

Continue to abstain from every sort of evil.

to be serious, pure, home keepers, kind, and subordinate to their husbands, so as not to cause God's message to suffer reproach.

If you are suffering abuse because you bear the name of Christ, you are happy, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.

The snare

But men who keep planning to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, hurtful desires which plunge people into destruction and ruin.

and they might recover their senses and escape from the devil's trap in which they have been caught by him to do his will.