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 they also did, sending to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

And arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders. And they declared all things that God had done with them.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church.

Do not sharply rebuke an elder, but exhort as a father, and the younger ones as brothers,

Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

I exhort the elders who are among you, I being also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed.

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

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

And had

And in Antioch some among the existing church were prophets and teachers. (such as Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.

They commended

And from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

And now, brothers, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

And crying with a loud voice, Jesus said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. And when He had said this, He breathed out the spirit.

And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we also toward you,

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

For this cause I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard My deposit unto that Day.

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.