Lucre.

'Gain,' such as a judge should not have wished for or accepted. 1 Samuel 8:3. In the N.T. it is called 'filthy' or 'base gain:' the desire for it rendered a man ineligible for the position of elder in the church, etc. 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 1:3; Titus 1:7, Titus 1:1; 1 Peter 1:5.


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