Topical Bible: Ministers: should not Be: Contentious

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1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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Titus 1:7
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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Hindrances to Revivals.
... And he will manifest his displeasure, by not pouring out ... I had a voice loud enough,
I should like to make every one of these churches and ministers that have ...
/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture xv hindrances to revivals.htm

the Use of Humiliation
... councils, what better could be expected of weaker men Were it not for secular
advantage, how should it come to pass that ministers, in all ...
//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the reformed pastor/section 1 - the use.htm

1 Cor. Iii. 3-Jan
... by this also the subordinate class of ministers (tous diakonous ... are we not to love
those that minister unto us ... Yea, saith he; but you should know to what extent ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily viii 1 cor iii.htm

The Persecutions of the Church.
... were thus filled with Christian ministers, another edict ... and natural privilege that
each should worship that ... to your gods, for they will not desire sacrifices ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter ii the persecutions of.htm

Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith. The Unbridled ...
... it does not now belong to faithful ministers to coin ... that every one who presumes
to contradict should be regarded as ... I ought not to seem contentious when I so ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 8 of the power.htm

Scriptures Showing the Sin and Danger of Joining with Wicked and ...
... Verse 8 speaks sadly against ministers that withdraw from their charges so
unnecessarily, as a bird that wandereth too long from ... Should they not then far ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/section v scriptures showing the.htm

The Scriptures
... As God has given to his ministers gifts for interpreting obscure places, so he has
given to his people ... Though we should not be of contentious spirits, yet ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/2 the scriptures.htm

part ii.
... was moved, I wrote to my fellow-ministers into Egypt ... and at last out of very shame
could not deny it ... were discovered, the game they were playing should at length ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/part ii 2.htm

The Last Farewell in the Presence of the one Hundred and Fifty ...
... So that I should not be surprised if I were even imprisoned ... masters in the strife;
if I have not often kept ... of its priests, and all ye others ministers of God ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xlii the last farewell.htm

Rom. xiii. 1
... in these words, "they are God's ministers." Then to ... For that we should become acquainted
with things ... brought us great assistance; accomplishing not some part ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxiii rom xiii 1.htm