Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly.
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Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain.
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I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or clothes.
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not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
We are pressed (afflicted) (troubled) on every side, but not crushed. We are perplexed yet not to despair.
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Also as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
Do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? Am I striving to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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We always speak, as God wants us to. He has judged us worthy to be entrusted with the Good News. We do not try to please people, but to please God, who tests our motives (examines our hearts).
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
No soldier entangles himself in the affairs of this life. That way, he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.
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Let the dead bury the dead. You go and publish abroad the kingdom of God. Jesus replied.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
The overseer must be blameless as God's steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not greedy of dishonest gain.
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not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
We have renounced the hidden things of shame. And we do not walk in craftiness and deceit. We do not adulterate the word of God. But by the manifestation of the truth we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
Do not lord it over your charge, but make yourselves examples to the flock.
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Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,
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Do not oppress the widow. Do not oppress the fatherless. Do not oppress the stranger and do not oppress the poor. And you should not devise evil in your heart against your brother.
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Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
Do not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan. Do not take a widow's garment in pledge.
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Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
This is what Jehovah says: Judge fairly, and do what is right. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, or widows, and do not oppress them. Do not kill innocent people in this place.
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Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.
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