Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
Be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly, and not through compulsion; not for filthy lucre, but with a willing mind;
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Deacons, likewise, must be serious, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain,
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"No man's silver or gold of clothing did I ever covet.
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no drinker or brawler; but forbearing, peaceable, and no money-lover;
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
On every side I am hard pressed, yet not hemmed in; perplexed, but not in despair;
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as grieved, but always glad; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
Think you that I am now trying to conciliate men or God? Or am I "seeking to please men"? If I were still seeking to please men, I should not be a slave of Christ.
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But as my fitness to be entrusted with the gospel has been tested and approved by God, I so speak, not to please men, but to please God, who is testing my motives.
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
A soldier in active service avoids entangling himself in the every-day affairs of life, so that he may please his commander.
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"Leave the dead to bury their own dead," said Jesus to him, "go you and announce, far and wide the kingdom of God."
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For indeed a presiding officer, as God's steward, ought to be blameless, not self-willed or quick-tempered, not a drunkard or violent, or greedy of filthy lucre;
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no drinker or brawler; but forbearing, peaceable, and no money-lover;
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
I have renounced the hidden things of shame, not spending my life in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God; but setting forth the truth openly, I strive to commend myself to every man's conscience as in the sight of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
not by way of lording it over your heritage, but by becoming examples to the flock.
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