Acts 14:23

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Summary

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Elders

And had

Acts 13:1

They commended

1 Peter 5:10

Bible References

Elders

which also they did, having sent it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

And after arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders. And they reported as many things as God did with them.

And from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he summoned the elders of the congregation.

Do not rebuke an elder man, but entreat him as a father, younger men as brothers,

Is any man weak among you? Let him summon the elders of the congregation, and let them pray near him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

I, a fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a partaker of the glory going be revealed, exhort the elders among you:

The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who know the truth,

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

And had

Now there were some men from the congregation that was in Antioch, prophets and teachers, including Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen reared with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

They commended

and from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they were delivered to the grace of God for the work that they fulfilled.

And now brothers, I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.

And Jesus, having sounded out in a great voice, said, Father, into thy hands I entrust my spirit. And having said these things, he expired.

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you,

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father who loved us and gave eternal encouragement and good hope through grace,

Because of which reason I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to preserve my consignment for that day.

And may the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus (after suffering a little while) himself thoroughly prepare you. He will establish, strengthen, and provide a foundation.