Acts 14:23

They appointed elders in every church and committed them to the Lord with prayer and fasting. The apostles left behind ordered, well-led congregations entrusted to God.

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• Titus 1:5The 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.
• Jas 5:14Is 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 11:30This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
• 2 Tim 2:2And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
• Acts 20:32And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
• 1 Tim 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
• Acts 20:17From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
• Acts 13:1–3Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
• 1 Tim 5:17–19Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
• 1 Pet 5:1As 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:
• 3 Jn 1:1The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:
• 1 Tim 5:1Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
• Acts 15:6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
• 2 Jn 1:1The 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 15:4On 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 14:26From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.
• 1 Pet 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
• 2 Th 2:16–17Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
• 2 Tim 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
• Acts 15:23and 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 Th 3:12–13And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
• Mark 3:14He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
• Luke 23:46Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
• Acts 1:22beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

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