Bible verses about "bishop" | Moffatt

¹⁹ On the evening of that same day — the first day of the week — though the disciples had gathered within closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!" ²⁰ So saying he showed them his hands and his side; and when the disciples saw the Lord, they rejoiced. ²¹ Jesus then repeated, "Peace be with you! As the Father sent me forth, I am sending you forth." ²² And with these words he breathed on them, and added, "Receive the holy Spirit! ²³ If you remit the sins of any, they are remitted: if you retain them, they are retained."

¹¹ he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

⁶ But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" — he then said to the paralytic, "Get up, lift your pallet, and go home." ⁷ And he got up and went home. ⁸ The crowds who saw it were awed and glorified God for giving such power to men.

¹ Copy me, as I copy Christ. ² I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you.

⁵ I left you behind in Crete in order to finish putting things right and to appoint presbyters in every town as I told you,

¹ PAUL and Timotheus, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, as well as to the bishops and deacons:

²³ They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

² and transmit the instructions I gave you in presence of many witnesses to trustworthy men, that they may be competent to teach others.

¹¹ A woman must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive; ¹² I allow no woman to teach or dictate to men, she must keep quiet. ¹³ For Adam was created first, then Eve; ¹⁴ and Adam was not deceived, it was Eve who was deceived and who fell into sin. ¹⁵ However, women will get safely through childbirth if they continue to be faithful and loving and holy as well as unassuming.

² Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,