Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
Give a shepherd's care to God's flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God's direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.
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Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,
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I have desired no one's silver or gold or clothing.
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not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;
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as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!
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but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.
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But Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God's work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.
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not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
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Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
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You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow human being.'
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Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.
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Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
The Lord says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.
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Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
"You must not afflict any widow or orphan.
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