ELDER


Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New 
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

ACT 14:23  Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, 
with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put 
their trust.

15:2  This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with 
them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, 
to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

22  Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose 
some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They 
chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were leaders among 
the brothers.

23  With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your 
brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: 
Greetings.

16:4  As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions 
reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

20:17  From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

1TI 4:14  Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic 
message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.

5:17  The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of 
double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

18  For the Scripture says, "Do not muzzle the ox while it is treading out 
the grain," and "The worker deserves his wages."

19  Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by 
two or three witnesses.

TIT 1:5  The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out 
what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed 
you.

6  An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose 
children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and 
disobedient.

7  Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless--
not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, 
not pursuing dishonest gain.

8  Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-
controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.

9  He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so 
that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose 
it.

JAM 5:14  Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church 
to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

1PE 5:1  To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of 
Christ's sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be 
revealed:

2  Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as 
overseers--not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants 
you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve;

3  not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the 
flock.

4  And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory 
that will never fade away.

5  Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of 
you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God 
opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

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