1 Timothy 3:6 (BSB)

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

From 1 Timothy 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 1 Timothy 3:6

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on 1 Timothy 3:1-16: CHAPTER 3 1 Timothy 3:1-7 1. This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 1. Certus sermo, si quis episcopatum appetit, praeclarum opus desiderat. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 2.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 1 Timothy 3:1-7: 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 Act 20:28, where the care of the church was committed to the presbyters, and they were called bishops.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 1 Timothy 3:6: Not a novice,.... Or one newly planted, the Arabic version adds, "in the faith"; meaning not a young man, for so was Timothy himself; but a young professor and church member; one that is lately come to the knowledge of the truth, and has just embraced and professed it, and become a member of a church, a new plant there: so the Hebrew word "a...
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on 1 Timothy 3:6: Verse 6. Not a novice. Marg., one newly come to the faith. The Greek word, which occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, means, properly, that which is newly planted. Thus it would mean a plant that was not strong, or not fitted to bear the severity of storms; that had not as yet struck its roots deep, and could not resist the fierceness of a cold blast.