Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
Bible References
The elders
Acts 20:28
Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his blood.
Acts 11:30
which they also did, sending to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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.
Acts 15:4
And when they came to Jerusalem they were received by the church, and the apostles, and the elders, and related what things God had done with them.
Acts 16:4
And when he went through the cities he gave them the ordinances to observe which had been determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders who rule well be accounted worthy of a double compensation, especially those who labor in word and teaching.
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,
James 5:14
if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
1 Peter 5:1
The elders among you I exhort, who am a co-elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed;
2 John 1:1
THE elder to the elect Curia and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only but also all who have known the truth,
3 John 1:1
THE elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.