Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
tend the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for base gain, but with ready mind;
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Deacons in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
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I have coveted no mans silver, or gold, or apparel.
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not given to wine, not a striker, but forbearing, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
being troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair;
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as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
For do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? Or am I endeavoring to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
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but as we have been regarded by God as worthy to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
No one serving as a soldier entangleth himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.
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And he said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead; but go thou and carry the tidings of the kingdom of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For a bishop must be without reproach, as Gods steward; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain,
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not given to wine, not a striker, but forbearing, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every mans conscience in the sight of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
not as lording it over your allotted charge, but being examples to the flock;
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