1 Timothy 1:13
1:13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant 1 man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
1 Timothy 3:6
3:6 He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant 2 and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. 3
1 tn Or “violent,” “cruel.”
2 tn Grk “that he may not become arrogant.”
3 tn Grk “the judgment of the devil,” which could also mean “the judgment that the devil incurred.” But see 1 Tim 1:20 for examples of the danger Paul seems to have in mind.