He ought also to have a good report — To have had a fair character in time past. From them that are without — That are not Christians. Lest he fall into reproach — By their rehearsing his former life, which might discourage and prove a snare to him.
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1 Timothy 3:7
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.