1 Timothy 3:7

World English Bible (2000)

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

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  • 2 Cor 8:21 : 21 Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
  • 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
  • 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
  • Titus 2:5 : 5 to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 and soundness of speech that can't be condemned; that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified. 15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters. 16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
  • 1 Thess 4:12 : 12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
  • 1 Tim 5:24-25 : 24 Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later. 25 In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can't be hidden.
  • 1 Sam 2:24 : 24 No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh's people disobey.
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
  • Acts 6:3 : 3 Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say."
  • Acts 22:12 : 12 One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
  • 1 Cor 5:12 : 12 For what have I to do with also judging those who are outside? Don't you judge those who are within?
  • 3 John 1:12 : 12 Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 3:1-6
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    85%

    1 This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.

    2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

    3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

    4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

    5 (but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

    6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

  • 1 Tim 3:8-13
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    79%

    8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

    9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

    10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

    11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

    12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

    13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

  • Titus 1:6-9
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    6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

    7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

    8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

    9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

  • Titus 2:6-10
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    6 Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded;

    7 in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

    8 and soundness of speech that can't be condemned; that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

    9 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

    10 not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.

  • 2 Tim 2:26
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    26 and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

  • 1 Tim 5:7
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    7 Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

  • 1 Tim 5:19-20
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    19 Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

    20 Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

  • 3 John 1:9-10
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    9 I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn't accept what we say.

    10 Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.

  • Titus 3:2
    67%

    2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn't fall.

  • 1 Tim 6:3
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    3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn't consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

  • 1 Tim 4:12
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    12 Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

  • Titus 2:15
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    15 Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.

  • Titus 2:1-3
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    1 But say the things which fit sound doctrine,

    2 that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

    3 and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

  • 2 Cor 6:8
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    8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

  • Rom 14:16
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    16 Then don't let your good be slandered,

  • 1 Tim 5:17
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    17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

  • 2 Cor 13:7
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    7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

  • Titus 3:11
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    11 knowing that such a one is perverted, and sins, being self-condemned.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 They think it is strange that you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:

  • Titus 1:13
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    13 This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

  • 1 Pet 3:16
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    16 having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

  • 1 Tim 4:6
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    6 If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

  • Jude 1:24
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    24 Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    1 But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

  • 1 Cor 4:2
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    2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.