7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.



Ver. 7. A good report of them, &c.] For a workman that needeth not to be ashamed; such a one as may muzzle the black mouth of any Campian, that shall say, as he doth of our Church, Ministris eorum nihil vilius; this is most true of Popish greasy hedge priests. {See Trapp on "1Ti_3:6"}



Of the devil] Or, of the slanderer, who by carrying tales and finding faults, do the devil’s work. {See Trapp on "1Ti_3:6"}