Elders

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.

Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

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.

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.

From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

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.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

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.

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:

This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.