As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
You are witnesses of these things.
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the trut
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that w
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island o
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul
This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in w
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may resul
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Ju
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope
From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on
God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,
So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us o
because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death b
Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the chu
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He wil
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by t
On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.