1 Timothy 3:6-7

Qualifications for Overseers

⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may _f become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. ⁷ Moreover, he must be well thought of by _g outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into _h a snare of the devil.

1. Cross References
   1 Timothy 6:4
   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
   Treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
   
2. Cross References
   Mark 4:11
   And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Timothy 2:26
   And they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
   1 Timothy 6:9
   But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.