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Related Verses

Acts 14:23
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Acts 15:23
with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.

Acts 20:17
Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.

Titus 1:5
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

James 5:14
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

1 Peter 5:1
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:

1 Timothy 3:4
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,

1 Timothy 3:5
for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?

1 Timothy 3:12
Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

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