1 Timothy 3:7 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Moreover he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And it is necessary for him also to have good testimony from those who are outside, so that he may not fall into disrepute and the snare of the devil.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and it is required of him also to have a good testimony from those outside, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the Devil.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and [the] snare of the devil.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Moreover, he must have a good report of them who are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
He must also be well reported of, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
He must also have a good reputation with those outside, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.
FBV Free Bible Version
People outside the church should also speak well of him so that he won't disgrace himself and fall into the devil's trap.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Tambien es menester que tenga buen testimonio de aquellos, que son de fuera, porque no caiga en desprecio, y en lazo del diablo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
También conviene que tenga buen testimonio de los extraños, porque no caiga en afrenta y en lazo del diablo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
debe tener buena reputación entre los que no son de la iglesia, para que no pase vergüenzas ante ellos ni caiga en una trampa del diablo.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Debe tener también buen testimonio de los de afuera, para que no caiga en reproche y trampa del diablo.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
La gente que está fuera de la iglesia también debe hablar bien de él para que no traiga desgracia sobre sí mismo y caiga en la trampa del diablo.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
También debe tener buen testimonio de los de afuera, para que no caiga en vergüenza ni en la trampa del diablo.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
δεῖ δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ μαρτυρίαν καλὴν ἔχειν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμπέσῃ καὶ παγίδα τοῦ διαβόλου.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
δει δε αυτον και μαρτυριαν καλην εχειν απο των εξωθεν, ινα μη εις ονειδισμον εμπεση και παγιδα του διαβολου.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Δεῖ δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ μαρτυρίαν καλὴν ἔχειν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμπέσῃ καὶ παγίδα τοῦ διαβόλου.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
δει δε αυτον και μαρτυριαν καλην εχειν απο των εξωθεν ινα μη εισ ονειδισμον εμπεση και παγιδα του διαβολου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
δεῖ δὲ καὶ μαρτυρίαν καλὴν ἔχειν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμπέσῃ καὶ παγίδα τοῦ διαβόλου.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
δεῖ ⸀δὲ καὶ μαρτυρίαν καλὴν ἔχειν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμπέσῃ καὶ παγίδα τοῦ διαβόλου.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Oportet autem illum et testimonium habere bonum ab iis qui foris sunt, ut non in opprobrium incidat, et in laqueum diaboli.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Подоба́етъ же є҆мꙋ̀ и҆ свидѣ́тельство добро̀ и҆мѣ́ти ѿ внѣ́шнихъ, да не въ поноше́нїе впаде́тъ и҆ въ сѣ́ть непрїѧ́зненꙋ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Надлежит ему также иметь доброе свидетельство от внешних, чтобы не впасть в нарекание и сеть диавольскую.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Πρέπει δε αυτός να έχη και παρά των έξωθεν μαρτυρίαν καλήν, διά να μη πέση εις ονειδισμόν και παγίδα του διαβόλου.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А ваља да има и добро сведочанство од оних који су напољу, да не би упао у срамоту и у замку ђавољу.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A valja da ima i dobro svedočanstvo od onih koji su napolju, da ne bi upao u sramotu i u zamku đavolju.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَيَجِبُ أَيْضًا أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ شَهَادَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ خَارِجٍ، لِئَلَّا يَسْقُطَ فِي تَعْيِيرٍ وَفَخِّ إِبْلِيسَ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC