Thematic Bible: Should not be
Thematic Bible
Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
Verse Concepts
God, As ShepherdCovetingChurch Authority, Of EldarsEnthusiasmeagernessdiligenceBishops, Dutiesdefence, humanGreed, Believers' Response ToGuardsHiringMinistry, In The ChurchMoney, Attitudes ToResponsibility, For God's WorldShepherds, As Church LeaderUnselfishnessWatchfulness, Of LeadersMaterialismMoneyPastors
Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;
I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;
As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.
Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.
Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:
Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.
Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:
Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.
Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.