Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
to exhort you to feed the flock of God, which is among you: to take care of it, voluntarily, without reluctance, not from any view to sordid gain, but out of real affection;
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The deacons too must be grave, not double tongued, not addicted to drinking, or sordid gain,
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I have not desir'd to get from any one either silver, or gold, or apparel.
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not given to wine or violence, but of a gentle temper, averse to contention and avarice: a master of economy,
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
I am press'd on every side, yet not crush'd; perplexed, but not in despair;
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as sorrowful, though always cheerful; as poor, tho' inriching many; as having nothing, though contented with every thing.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.
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we preach the gospel just as God thought fit to intrust it with us, not being studious to please men, but God, who approves our sincerity.
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
he that enters into the service, disengages himself from civil affairs, that he may be acceptable to his officer.
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Jesus said to him, let the dead bury their dead; but do you go and preach the kingdom of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not morose, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not desirous of unlawful gain.
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not given to wine or violence, but of a gentle temper, averse to contention and avarice: a master of economy,
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
renouncing all secret dishonesty, and void of all artifice, I deliver the word of God unadulterated, and recommend my self by urging the truth home to every man's conscience, as in the presence of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
not to domineer over the laity, but to be examples for their imitation;
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