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, taking the oversight of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but from a ready mind;
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Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,
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I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
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Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous;
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
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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
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
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But as we were allowed by God to be put in trust with the gospel, even 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 man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
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Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous;
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty; not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
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Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
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And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
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Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor take a widow's raiment for a pledge:
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Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver him that is laid waste out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
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Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
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