Bible Dictionary: Ministers: should not Be: Greedy of Filthy Lucre

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Acts 20:33
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
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1 Timothy 3:3,8
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
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Library

Letter xiv. To Heliodorus, Monk.
... good work." [225] I know that; but you should add what ... of a bishop the apostle speaks
of ministers of the ... tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xiv to heliodorus monk.htm

The Great Shepherd
... Whether there be any ministers in our assembly, or not, you ... great Day of the LORD ,
that he should have a ... There are idle shepherds, who feed not the flock, but ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 1/sermon xiii the great shepherd.htm

Of the Power of Making Laws. The Cruelty of the Pope and his ...
... and was so often denied to the ministers of the ... Does he pluck off those masks lest
the simple should be deluded ... are corrupt and noxious which do not direct men ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 10 of the power.htm

Concerning the Ministry.
... and other offices, by the immediate command of God to Moses; so that the people
needed not to be in any doubt who should be priests and ministers of the holy ...
/.../proposition x concerning the ministry.htm

A Discourse of the Building, Nature, Excellency, and Government of ...
... now thy roving mind Recoil against him should, and fling ... A DOUBT, COME, THE LORD
JESUS WILL NOT CAST THEE OUT ... graduated, is the only one where ministers can be ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse of the building.htm

The Resurrection of the Dead, and Eternal Judgment:
... day was observed, men were chosen as ministers not from high ... But can any imagine,
that he there should strike at ... you see that "flesh and blood" is not to be ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the resurrection of the dead.htm

A Few Sighs from Hell;
... righteousness, which was but rags, yea, filthy rags (Isaiah ... but to whet up the greedy
unsatisfied appetite ... that those that are learned should not despise those ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a few sighs from hell.htm

Mr. Bunyan's Last Sermon:
... In this plight, therefore, he went home, and refrained himself as long as he could,
that his wife and children should not perceive his distress; but he could ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/mr bunyans last sermon .htm