Order in the Church

But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

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.

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

…which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

…and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

…so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

…in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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