Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
feed the flock of God which is among you, not by constraint but willingly, not for base gain but of a ready mind,
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The deacons in like manner ought to be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not devoted to base gain,
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I have coveted no man's silver or gold or clothing;
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not a wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome man, but gentle, not contentious, not avaricious,
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
being afflicted in every thing but not distressed, being perplexed but not in despair,
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as grieving but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and possessing all things.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
For do I now obey man, or God? or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I could not have been a servant of Christ.
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but as we were judged worthy by God to be intrusted with the gospel so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tries our hearts.
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
No one who serves as a soldier is involved in the business of life, that he may please him who has employed him as a soldier.
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But he said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but do you go and proclaim abroad the kingdom of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For a bishop must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, not given to wine, not contentious, not devoted to base gain,
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not a wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome man, but gentle, not contentious, not avaricious,
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but commending ourselves by the manifestation of the truth to every conscience of men before God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
not as having a lordship over God's inheritance but being examples to the flock;
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