4 And as they went through the cities, they delyuered them the decrees for to kepe, that were ordayned of ye Apostles and elders, which were at Hierusalem
Bible verses about "elders" | Bishops
Acts 16:4
James 3:1
1 My brethren, be not manie maisters, knowyng howe that we shall receaue the greater damnation
1 Timothy 2:11-15
11 Let the woman learne in scilence in all subiection
12 But I suffer not a woman to teache, neither to vsurpe auctoritie ouer ye man, but to be in scilence
13 For Adam was first fourmed, then Eue
14 And Adam was not deceaued: but the woman beyng deceaued, was in the transgression
15 Notwithstandyng through bearyng of chyldren she shalbe saued, yf they continue in fayth and loue, and holynesse, with modestie
Titus 1:5
5 For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shouldest refourme ye thynges that are left, and ordayne elders in euerye citie, as I had appoynted thee
Acts 20:28
28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood
Acts 20:17
17 And from Miletum, he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the Church
James 5:14
14 Is any diseased among you? let hym call for the elders of the Churche, and let them pray for him, and annoynt him with oyle in the name of the Lorde
Titus 1:6-9
6 If any be blamelesse, the husbande of one wyfe, hauyng faythfull chyldren, not accusable of riote, or vntractable
7 For a bishop must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not stubborne, not angry, not geuen to wyne, no striker, not geuen to filthie lucre
8 But a louer of hospitalitie, a louer of goodnes, sober, ryghteous, godly, temperate
9 Holdyng fast the faythfull worde, which is accordyng to doctrine, that he may be able both to exhort in wholsome doctrine, and to improue them that say agaynst it
1 Timothy 5:17
17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng
1 Timothy 5:17-19
17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng
18 For the scripture sayth: Thou shalt not moosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne: And, the labourer is worthy of his rewarde
19 Agaynst an elder receaue none accusation, but vnder two or three witnesses
1 Timothy 3:1-16
1 This is a faithful saying: Yf a man desire ye office of a bishop, he desireth a good worke
2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache
3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse
4 One that ruleth well his owne house, hauyng chyldren in subiection, with all grauitie
5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God
6 Not a young scoler, lest he, beyng puffed vp, fall into the condempnation of the deuyll
7 He must also haue a good report of the which are without, lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll
8 Likewise must ye ministers be graue, not double tongued, not geuen to much wine, neither greedy of fylthy lucre
9 Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience
10 And let them first be proued, then let them minister, beyng blamelesse
11 Euen so must their wyues be graue, not euyll speakers, sober, faythfull in all thynges
12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes
13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the fayth [whiche is] in Christe Iesus
14 These thynges write I vnto thee, hopyng to come shortly vnto thee
15 But yf I tary long, that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God, whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God, the pyller and grounde of trueth
16 And without doubt, great is that misterie of godlynesse: God was shewed in the flesshe, was iustified in the spirite, was seene among the angels, was preached vnto the gentiles, was beleued on in the worlde, and was receaued vp in glorie
Acts 14:23
23 And when they had ordeyned them elders by election in euery Churche, and had prayed, with fastyng, they commended them to the Lorde, on whom they beleued
1 Peter 5:1-5
1 The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened
2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde
3 Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke
4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory
5 Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble