Thematic Bible: Should not be
Thematic Bible
Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,
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Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;
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Silver, gold, or apparel I never coveted;
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not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
on every side I am harried but not hemmed in, perplexed but not despairing,
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grieved but always glad, a 'pauper', but the means of wealth to many, without a penny but possessed of all.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
Now is that 'appealing to the interests of men' or of God? Trying to 'satisfy men'? Why, if I still tried to give satisfaction to human masters, I would be no servant of Christ.
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no, God has attested our fitness to be entrusted with the gospel, and so we tell the gospel not to satisfy men but to satisfy the God who tests our hearts.
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander.
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Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God."
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
[For a bishop must be above reproach ??he is a steward of God's house ??he must not be presumptuous or hot-tempered or a drunkard or violent or addicted to pilfering;
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not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
not by way of lording it over your charges but proving a pattern to the flock.
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