conceit – Three Minute Bible

1 Timothy 3:6 – Spiritual Maturity

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.

Summary: Paul’s warning about conceit and judgment applies as much to all believers as it does to overseers.

Of the five categories in an overseer’s job description, Spiritual Maturity is perhaps the most important.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.

Summary: Paul points out something to be aware of. The motives of this world can cause trouble in the fellowship of believers.

Would you describe what you do at work, at home, and for your church as something you do out of “selfish ambition of vain conceit?”

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

Summary: Becoming conceited and appearing conceited are two different things.