Acts 14:23
And having appointed them elders in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
1 Timothy 3:1-15
IT is a true saying, If any one desires an episcopate he desires a good work.
2 Timothy 2:2
and what you heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit to faithful men, who shall be competent to teach others also.
Titus 1:5
For this cause I left you in Crete, that you might regulate things which are deficient, and appoint elders in every city, as I charged 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
And having appointed them elders in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
1 Timothy 3:1
IT is a true saying, If any one desires an episcopate he desires a good work.
2 Timothy 2:2
and what you heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit to faithful men, who shall be competent to teach others also.
Titus 1:5
For this cause I left you in Crete, that you might regulate things which are deficient, and appoint elders in every city, as I charged you,