Acts 14:23
They chose elders for them in every church, after prayer and fasting, and commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Titus 1:5
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you might set right the things left unfinished, and appoint presbyters in every city as I had instructed you;
Acts 11:30
This they did, forwarding their contributions to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 20:32
"And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace. He is able to build you up, and to give you your inheritance among all those who are consecrated.
Acts 20:17
From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church to come to him;
James 5:14
Is any in good spirits? Let him sing unto his harp. Is any one of you ill? Let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
Mark 3:14
Twelve of them whom he also called "Apostles," he appointed to be with him, and also that he might send them out to preach,
Luke 23:46
Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit.
Acts 1:22
from his baptism by John down to the day on which he was taken up from us, one should join us a witness to his resurrection."
Acts 13:1-3
Now there were in the church in Antioch prophets and teachers; Barnabas and Symeon, surnamed "the Black," Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 14:26
Thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they had now completed.
Acts 15:4
Upon their arrival in Jerusalem they were received by the church and the apostles and elders, and they told them all things that God had done with them.
Acts 15:6
The apostles and elders met to consider the matter;
Acts 15:23
They took with them the following letter. "The apostles and older brothers send greeting to the Gentile Brotherhood throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia;
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
Meanwhile, may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as I do toward you.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and a good hope in grace,
1 Timothy 5:1
Do not reprimand an aged man, but continue pleading with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,
1 Timothy 5:17-19
Let the elders who fill their offices well, be held worthy of twofold honor; especially those who have the task of preaching and teaching.
1 Timothy 5:22
Never ordain any one hastily, nor take part in the wrong-doing of others. Keep yourself pure.
2 Timothy 1:12
But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have fully believed, and I am thoroughly persuaded that he is able to keep what I have given him until the Day.
2 Timothy 2:2
The teachings which you have heard from me, attested by many witnesses, deliver into the keeping of faithful men, who in their turn will be able to teach others also.
1 Peter 5:1
Now to you who are presbyters I make this appeal; for I am myself a presbyter, and was a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed.
1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who has called us by Christ Jesus to share his eternal glory, will, after you have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
2 John 1:1
The Elder to the Elect Lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have come to know the truth.
3 John 1:1
The Elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.