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not a novice, to avoid being puffed up and falling into the condemnation of the devil.
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New in Faith, Not Age
Commentators unanimously explain that a "novice" (from the Greek for "newly planted") refers to a recent convert, not necessarily a young person. The concern is a lack of spiritual maturity and tested faith. Like a young tree with shallow roots, a new believer is more vulnerable to the pressures and temptations that come with leadership.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Not a novice. In the margin, it reads, one newly come to the faith. The Greek word, which occurs nowhere else in the New Testamen…
Not a novice (μη νεοφυτον). Our "neophyte." Vernacular word from Aristophanes on, in LXX, and in papyri in the original sense of "…
19th Century
Anglican
Not a novice.—In the Church of Ephesus, which, when Paul wrote these charges to Timothy, had been established some years,…
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The overseer must not be “a recent convert” (GK 3745), for there is the danger that such a person might “become conceited” (GK 5605) or puffed up w…
16th Century
Protestant
Not a novice: Since there were many men of distinguished ability and learning who at that time were brought to the faith, Paul forbids tha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Not a novice Or one newly planted, the Arabic version adds, "in the faith"; meaning not a young man, for so was Timo…
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If a man desired the pastoral office, and from love to Christ and the souls of men, was ready to deny himself and undergo hardships by devoting him…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the Apostle outlined the qualities a bishop should possess in himself. Now he describes the qualities he should have in his r…
