Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—
And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth,
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:
As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.
The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
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