Acts 20:17

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Events

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• Paul speaks to Ephesian Elders

Related verses

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• 1 Timothy 5:17
  Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
• Acts 11:30
  This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
• Titus 1:5
  The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
• Acts 14:23
  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.
• James 5:14
  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 the Lord.
• Acts 20:28
  Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
• Acts 15:23
  …and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
• 1 Peter 5:1
  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:
• 2 John 1:1
  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 truth—
• Acts 15:4
  On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
• Acts 16:4
  As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
• Acts 15:6
  So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.

Places

Ephesus: Major city in Asia Minor; important center for early Christianity· Miletus: A city in Asia Minor visited by Paul

Glossary

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Bishop· Book of the Acts of the Apostles· Chronology of the Bible (New Testament)· Elder· Letter to the Colossians· Letter to the Romans· Luke, Gospel of· Miletus, Miletum· Pastor· Paul the Apostle· Presbyter· Titus, Letter to· Travel

Topics

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Christian Minister: Say Good-Bye to the Congregation· Church: Government of, Mosaic and Christian· Elder in the Christian Church· Elders· Elders in the Church· Ephesus: Paul Visits and Preaches In· Miletus: Paul Sends to Ephesus for the Elders of the Congregation, and Addresses Them At· Paul: Sends for the Elders of the Congregation of Ephesus· Qualifications of Elders