1 Timothy 3:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

He must also be well reported of, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.

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  • 2 Cor 8:21 : 21 Prouiding for honest thinges, not onely before the Lord, but also before men.
  • 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 And come to amendement out of that snare of the deuil, of whom they are taken prisoners, to doe his will.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God:
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.
  • 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.
  • Titus 2:5 : 5 That they be temperate, chaste, keeping at home, good & subiect vnto their husbands, that the word of God be not euill spoken of.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If yee be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: which on their part is euill spoken of: but on your part is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters. 16 But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not bee ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Walke wisely towarde them that are without, and redeeme the season.
  • 1 Thess 4:12 : 12 That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Absteine from all appearance of euill.
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 I will therefore that the yonger women marie, and beare children, and gouerne the house, and giue none occasion to the aduersary to speake euill.
  • 1 Tim 5:24-25 : 24 Some mens sinnes are open before hand, and goe before vnto iudgement: but some mens folowe after. 25 Likewise also the good woorkes are manifest before hande, and they that are otherwise, can not be hid.
  • 1 Sam 2:24 : 24 Do no more, my sonnes, for it is no good report that I heare, which is, that ye make the Lords people to trespasse.
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 And he saide vnto them, To you it is giuen to knowe the mysterie of the kingdome of God: but vnto them that are without, all thinges bee done in parables,
  • Acts 6:3 : 3 Wherefore brethren, looke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, and full of the holy Ghost, and of wisedome, which we may appoint to this busines.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 And they sayd, Cornelius the captaine, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Iewes, was warned from heauen by an holy Angel, to send for thee into his house, and to heare thy wordes.
  • Acts 22:12 : 12 And one Ananias a godly man, as perteining to the Lawe, hauing good report of all the Iewes which dwelt there,
  • 1 Cor 5:12 : 12 For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within?
  • 3 John 1:12 : 12 Demetrius hath good report of al men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and wee our selues beare recorde, and ye know that our record is true.

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  • 1 Tim 3:1-6
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    1 This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.

    2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,

    3 Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,

    4 One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.

    5 For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?

    6 He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.

  • 1 Tim 3:8-13
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    8 Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,

    9 Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.

    10 And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.

    11 Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.

    12 Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.

    13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.

  • Titus 1:6-9
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    6 If any be vnreproueable, the husbande of one wife, hauing faithfull children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

    7 For a Bishop must bee vnreproueable, as Gods steward, not froward, not angrie, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre,

    8 But harberous, one that loueth goodnesse, wise, righteous, holy, temperate,

    9 Holding fast that faithfull worde according to doctrine, that he also may bee able to exhort with wholesome doctrine, and conuince them that say against it.

  • Titus 2:6-10
    5 verses
    72%

    6 Exhort yong men likewise, that they bee sober minded.

    7 In all things shewe thy selfe an ensample of good woorkes with vncorrupt doctrine, with grauitie, integritie,

    8 And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.

    9 Let seruants be subiect to their masters, & please them in al things, not answering again,

    10 Neither pickers, but that they shew al good faithfulnesse, that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.

  • 2 Tim 2:26
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    26 And come to amendement out of that snare of the deuil, of whom they are taken prisoners, to doe his will.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3 We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.

  • 1 Tim 5:7
    68%

    7 These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

  • 1 Tim 5:19-20
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    19 Against an Elder receiue none accusation, but vnder two or three witnesses.

    20 Them that sinne, rebuke openly, that the rest also may feare.

  • 3 John 1:9-10
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    9 I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.

    10 Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.

  • Titus 3:2
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    2 That they speake euill of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, shewing all meekenesse vnto all men.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12 Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth, take heede lest he fall.

  • 1 Tim 6:3
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    3 If any man teach otherwise, and consenteth not to the wholesome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christ, and to the doctrine, which is according to godlinesse,

  • 1 Tim 4:12
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    12 Let no man despise thy youth, but be vnto them that beleeue, an ensample, in worde, in conuersation, in loue, in spirit, in faith, and in purenesse.

  • Titus 2:15
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    15 These things speake, and exhort, and conuince with all authoritie. See that no man despise thee.

  • Titus 2:1-3
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    1 Bvt speake thou the thinges which become wholesome doctrine,

    2 That the elder men be watchful, graue, teperate, sounde in the faith, in loue, & in patience:

    3 The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8 Be sober, and watch: for your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walketh about, seeking whom he may deuoure:

  • 2 Cor 6:8
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    8 By honour, and dishonour, by euill report, and good report, as deceiuers, and yet true:

  • Rom 14:16
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    16 Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

  • 1 Tim 5:17
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    17 The Elders that rule well, let them be had in double honour, specially they which labour in the worde and doctrine,

  • 2 Cor 13:7
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    7 Nowe I pray vnto God that yee doe none euill, not that we should seeme approued, but that ye should doe that which is honest: though we be as reprobates.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15 That ye may be blamelesse, & pure, and the sonnes of God without rebuke in the middes of a naughtie and crooked nation, among whom yee shine as lights in the world,

  • Titus 3:11
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    11 Knowing that hee that is such, is peruerted, and sinneth, being damned of his owne selfe.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

  • Titus 1:13
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    13 This witnesse is true: wherefore conuince them sharply, that they may be sound in ye faith,

  • 1 Pet 3:16
    66%

    16 Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

  • 1 Tim 4:6
    66%

    6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of faith, and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually followed.

  • Jude 1:24
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    24 Nowe vnto him that is able to keepe you, that ye fall not, and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glorie with ioy,

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    1 Nowe the Spirit speaketh euidently, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, and shall giue heede vnto spirits of errour, and doctrines of deuils,

  • 1 Cor 4:2
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    2 And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.