12 Bible Verses about Officers

He immediately got some officers and men and hurried down among them, and when they saw the colonel and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul.

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and went into the audience-room attended by officers and the leading citizens of the town, and at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the devoted adherents of Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the superintendents and assistants;

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

This is a trustworthy saying. Whoever aspires to the office of superintendent sets his heart on a fine work.

Elders who do their duties well should be considered as deserving twice as much as they get, particularly those who work at preaching and teaching.

I left you behind in Crete expressly to correct what defects there were, and to appoint elders in each town, as I directed you??6 men of irreproachable character, who have been married only once, whose children are Christians, free from any suspicion of profligacy or disobedience.

Be quick and come to terms with your opponent while you are on the way to court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

For when you are going before the magistrate with your opponent, do your best on the way to get rid of him, or he may hurry you off to the judge and the judge hand you over to the constable and the constable throw you into prison.

And he went off and discussed with the high priests and captains of the Temple how he could betray him to them.

But the attendants who went for them could not find them in the jail, and they came back and reported,

In the morning the magistrates sent policemen with instructions to let the men go.