Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
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Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
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no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;
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as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
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but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
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But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
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Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
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and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
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Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
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Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
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Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
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