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

They sent it to the elders through Barnabas and Saul.

Then they went to Jerusalem where the apostles and elders and congregation greeted them. They declared all the things that God had done for them.

At Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the congregation to him.

Do not rebuke (censure) (criticize) an elder, but appeal to him as a father, the younger men as brothers.

Is any among you sick? Let him call the elders of the congregation. Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of God.

I exhort the elders among you. I too am an older man and a witness of the sufferings of Christ. I am also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed.

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

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love. That righteous man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.

And had

There were prophets and teachers in the congregation at Antioch. This included: Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

They commended

They sailed to Antioch, where they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work they completed.

Now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace. This is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.

Jesus cried with a loud voice: Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. After saying this he quit breathing.

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting comfort and good hope by grace,

It is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to keep safe until that day what he has entrusted to me.

After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will perfect, establish, and strengthen you.