1 Timothy 3:6Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
The supervisor should not be a recent convert, or they might become blinded by pride and fall under the same judgement as the devil.
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But Naomi said, ‘Go back, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Can I still bear sons who might become your husbands?
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Go back, my daughters, go your own way, because I am too old to have a husband. Even if I should say, “I have hope,” even if I should have a husband tonight and should bear sons,
Ruth 1:20
‘Do not call me Naomi,’ she said to them, ‘call me Mara, for the Almighty has given me a bitter lot.
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I had plenty when I left, but the Lord has brought me back empty handed. Why should you call me Naomi, now that the Lord has afflicted me, and the Almighty has brought misfortune on me?’
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