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6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

1 Timothy 3:6

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Commentary

Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-7)

The two epistles to Timothy, and that to Titus, contain a scripture-plan of church-government, or a direction to ministers. Timothy, we suppose, was an evangelist who was left at Ephesus, to take care of those whom the Holy Ghost had made bishops there, that is, the presbyters, as appears by Acts 20:28; where the care of the church was committed to the presbyters, and they were called bishops. It ...

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