1 Timothy 3:6

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1 Corinthians 3:1 ESV

1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

Hebrews 5:12–14 ESV

12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

1 Timothy 3:10 ESV

10 And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.

1 Timothy 5:22 ESV

22 Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 6:4 ESV

4 he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

2 Timothy 3:4 ESV

4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

Proverbs 16:18 ESV

18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:5 ESV

5 Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.

2 Corinthians 12:7 ESV

7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.

1 Peter 5:5–6 ESV

5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,