Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven. And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets.

And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:

Give my love to Andronicus and Junia, my relations, who were in prison with me, who are noted among the Apostles, and who were in Christ before me.

I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

For this cause, my dear brothers, give no worship to false gods.

But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off.

Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?

And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;

Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),

But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.

(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:

But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

Do not make little of the words of the prophets;

Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;

For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;

Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.

I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.

And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.