Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of
This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to t
And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all w
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (
Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
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
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:
As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders
On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and goo
From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just comple
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced tha
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ,
and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioc
And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love fo
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
Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breat
He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,