Reference: Bishop
Hastings
The two words are so closely connected in the NT that they must be taken together here.
1. The terms.
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And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, those watching at the gates, are a hundred seventy and two.
Instead of the brass I bring in gold, And instead of the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness.
but ye are not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;
and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried him.
and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried her by her husband;
And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch, whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them their hands.
which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,
And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,
And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,
And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,
'Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,
'Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,
'Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,
and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,
and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,
or he who is exhorting -- 'In the exhortation!' he who is sharing -- 'In simplicity!' he who is leading -- 'In diligence?' he who is doing kindness -- 'In cheerfulness.'
And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;
and He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as proclaimers of good news, and some as shepherds and teachers,
Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;
Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;
Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;
And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,
And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,
it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity, (and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;
be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;
The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,
The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,
The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,
The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,
The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,
Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee; if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate --
if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate -- for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;
for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;
for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre; but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled, read more. holding -- according to the teaching -- to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;
of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on also of hands, of rising again also of the dead, and of judgment age-during,
Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith -- considering the issue of the behaviour -- be imitating,
Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.
Salute all those leading you, and all the saints; salute you doth those from Italy:
is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,
is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,
for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
feed the flock of God that is among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,