 | Methodist Church - 1839 - 512 pages
...know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are without, lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1838 - 508 pages
...describing the requisite qualifications of a Christian bishop, says, " He must not be a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the Devil." From this, it may be inferred that pride was the cause of his fall. The passage, however, may be differently... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 544 pages
...church, because of their proneness to this very sin that now we are speaking of, " not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil," (1 Tim. iii. 6.) : the Spirit of God here intimateth to us, that novices are the most likely to be... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1830 - 482 pages
...rule his own house, how chiill he lake care of the Church of God Í not a novice, lest being lilted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report to them which are wilhoui ; lest he full into reproach, and the snare uf the... | |
 | William Swan - Missionaries - 1830 - 372 pages
...The specific reason assigned why a novice should not be appointed to the bishop's office is, " lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil." The wisdom of the apostolical rule, therefore, is manifest, and it can never be infringed without danger.... | |
 | Douglas Wilson - Religion - 2001 - 290 pages
...know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the... | |
 | John Gill - Religion - 2001 - 736 pages
...scriptures, that their sin was, 1. Pride; and which seems probable from 1 Tim. iii. 6. Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil; being guilty of the same sin, he is in danger of the same condemnation ; and usually so it is, as the... | |
 | 272 pages
...know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them w hich are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the... | |
 | David K. Lee - Religion - 2002 - 242 pages
...know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the... | |
 | Harold A. Lerch, Sr., Harold Lerch - Religion - 2002 - 298 pages
...delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. (1 Timothy 1:20) Deceiver: Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the... | |
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Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without ; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 
