Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully.
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Likewise let the deacons be grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not fond of filthy lucre;
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I have not sought the silver, or gold, or raiment of any one;
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not given to wine, not a controvertist; but gentle, peaceable, not a money lover;
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
in everything being troubled, but not in difficulties incorrigible; being at a loss, but not utterly at a loss;
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as sorrowing, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
For must I now believe men, or God? whether do I seek to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I would not be the servant of Christ.
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but as we were approved of God that the gospel should be intrusted unto us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who is proving our hearts,
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
No one operating as a soldier is entangled with the affairs of life; in order that he may please his commander.
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And Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead; but thou having gone away proclaim the kingdom of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;
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not given to wine, not a controvertist; but gentle, peaceable, not a money lover;
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
but we lay aside the hidden things of disgrace, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but in the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
Not as domineering over the heritages, but having become examples of the flock:
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