Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
Feed the flock of God which is among you, caring for her, not by force, but willingly; not for shameful lucre, but with willing desire;
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Likewise the deacons must be honest, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of dishonest gain;
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I have coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
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not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are unsure of our lives, but not in 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 do I now persuade men or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the slave of Christ.
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but because we have been approved of God that he might entrust us with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who tries our hearts.
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
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Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou and declare the kingdom of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For the bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God; not arrogant, not quick to anger, not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain,
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not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
but remove from ourselves every hidden shameful thing, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but in 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
and not as having lordship over the heritage of the Lord, but in such a manner as to be examples of the flock.
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Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
if ye do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt,
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and do not oppress the widow nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
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Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
Thou shalt not twist the rights of the stranger nor of the fatherless nor take a widow's clothing for a pledge,
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Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
Thus hath the LORD said: Execute judgment and righteousness and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor and do not deceive, neither steal from the stranger nor from the fatherless nor from 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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