Acts 20:17

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Summary

Acts 20:17

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

The elders

Bible References

The elders

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the holy Spirit hath appointed you bishops, to feed the church of God, which He purchased with his own blood.

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

And when they had appointed them elders in every church, praying and fasting, they recommended them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they told them all that God had done by them.

And as they passed through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees that had been made by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

Let the elders, who preside well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those that labour in preaching and teaching.

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order what remained, and ordain elders in every city as I directed thee:

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:

The elders that are among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed; feed the flock of God that is among you,

The elder unto the excellent Lady, and her children, whom I love in truth: and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

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