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, overseeing it not by constraint, but willingly, not for filthy gain, but of a ready mind,
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Likewise the deacons must be serious, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not desirous of filthy gain: Holding fast the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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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 desirous of filthy gain, but gentle, patient, not loving money;
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
We are troubled on every side, yet not crushed;
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As sorrowing, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
For do I now satisfy men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
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But as we have been approved of God 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 man that warreth intangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath inlisted him.
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But he said, Lord, Suffer me first to go and bury my father. 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 passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not desirous of filthy gain:
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Not given to wine, no striker, not desirous of filthy gain, but gentle, patient, not loving money;
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully corrupting the word of God, 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 lording over the heritage, but being examples to the flock.
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