1 Timothy 3:7

He must have a good reputation with outsiders to avoid disgrace and the devil's trap. It shows the church's witness depends on leaders' public integrity.

Cross-references · 20

• 2 Cor 8:21For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
• 2 Tim 2:26Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
• Col 4:5Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
• 1 Cor 10:32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
• 2 Cor 6:3We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
• 1 Th 4:12Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
• Titus 2:8and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
• Acts 6:3Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them
• 1 Tim 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
• Titus 2:5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
• 1 Th 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
• Acts 10:22“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
• 1 Pet 4:14–16If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• Acts 22:12There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
• 1 Tim 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
• Mark 4:11He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
• 1 Tim 5:24–25The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.
• 1 Cor 5:12What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
• 1 Sam 2:24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
• 3 Jn 1:12Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.

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