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leading his own household well[a], having children in submission, with all dignity (but if one does not know-how to lead his own household, how will he take-care-of a church of God?), not a new-convert, in order that he may not fall into the judgment of [b] the devil, having become conceited[c].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:4 Or, commendably.
  2. 1 Timothy 3:6 That is, the kind of judgment made by the devil, a judgmental spirit; or, the condemnation pronounced upon the devil.
  3. 1 Timothy 3:6 Or, clouded with pride.

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