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Titus 1:5
The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
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Acts 11:30
They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 20:32
And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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Acts 20:17
From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.
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James 5:14
Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
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2 Timothy 2 2
And entrust what you heard me say in the presence of many others as witnesses to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well.
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1 Timothy 5 22
Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
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1 Peter 5 1
So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:
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Acts 15:6
Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.
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Acts 13:1-3
Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen( a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“ Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.
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Acts 15:4
When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.
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2John 1:1
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3 John 1 1
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1 Timothy 5 1
Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, (niv)
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1 Timothy 5 17-1 Timothy 5 19
The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.For Scripture says,“ Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and“ The worker deserves his wages.”Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses. (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 3 12-1 Thessalonians 3 13
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. (niv)
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2 Thessalonians 2 16-2 Thessalonians 2 17
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. (niv)
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2 Timothy 1 12
That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. (niv)
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Acts 14:26
From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. (niv)
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1 Peter 5 10
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (niv)
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Luke 23:46
Jesus called out with a loud voice,“ Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last. (niv)
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Mark 3:14
He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach (niv)
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Acts 15:23
With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings. (niv)
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Acts 1:22
beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.” (niv)