Acts 14:23
They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
1 Timothy 3:1-15
It is a popular saying that "whoever aspires to office is set upon an excellent occupation."
2 Timothy 2:2
and transmit the instructions I gave you in presence of many witnesses to trustworthy men, that they may be competent to teach others.
Titus 1:5
I left you behind in Crete in order to finish putting things right and to appoint presbyters in every town as I told you,
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Summary
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
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Acts 14:23
They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
1 Timothy 3:1
It is a popular saying that "whoever aspires to office is set upon an excellent occupation."
2 Timothy 2:2
and transmit the instructions I gave you in presence of many witnesses to trustworthy men, that they may be competent to teach others.
Titus 1:5
I left you behind in Crete in order to finish putting things right and to appoint presbyters in every town as I told you,