Acts 14:23
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23 When (A)they had appointed (B)elders for them in every church, having (C)prayed with fasting, they (D)commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
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Acts 15:2
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Acts 15:4
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4 When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and (A)the apostles and the elders, and they (B)reported all that God had done with them.
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Acts 15:6
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6 (A)The apostles and the elders came together to [a]look into this [b]matter.
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Acts 15:22-41
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22 Then it seemed good to (A)the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to (B)Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas called Barsabbas, and (C)Silas, leading men among (D)the brethren, 23 and they [a]sent this letter by them,
“(E)The apostles and the brethren who are elders, to (F)the brethren in (G)Antioch and (H)Syria and (I)Cilicia who are from the Gentiles, (J)greetings.
24 “Since we have heard that (K)some [b]of our number to whom we gave no instruction have (L)disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls, 25 (M)it seemed good to us, having [c]become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 men who have [d](N)risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 “Therefore we have sent (O)Judas and (P)Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth. 28 “For (Q)it seemed good to (R)the Holy Spirit and to (S)us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials: 29 that you abstain from (T)things sacrificed to idols and from (U)blood and from (V)things strangled and from (W)fornication; [e]if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”
30 So when they were sent away, (X)they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the [f]congregation together, they delivered the letter. 31 When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its [g]encouragement. 32 (Y)Judas and (Z)Silas, also being (AA)prophets themselves, [h]encouraged and strengthened (AB)the brethren with a lengthy message. 33 After they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brethren (AC)in peace to those who had (AD)sent them out. 34 [[i]But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.] 35 But (AE)Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and (AF)preaching with many others also, (AG)the word of the Lord.
Second Missionary Journey
36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brethren in (AH)every city in which we proclaimed (AI)the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take (AJ)John, called Mark, along with them also. 38 But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had (AK)deserted them [j]in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. 39 And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took (AL)Mark with him and sailed away to (AM)Cyprus. 40 But Paul chose (AN)Silas and left, being (AO)committed by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. 41 And he was traveling through (AP)Syria and (AQ)Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
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- Acts 15:23 Lit wrote by their hand
- Acts 15:24 Lit from us
- Acts 15:25 Or met together
- Acts 15:26 Lit given over
- Acts 15:29 Lit from which keeping yourselves free
- Acts 15:30 Or multitude
- Acts 15:31 Or exhortation
- Acts 15:32 Or exhorted
- Acts 15:34 Early mss do not contain this v
- Acts 15:38 Lit from
Acts 16:4
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4 Now while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering (A)the decrees which had been decided upon by (B)the apostles and (C)elders who were in Jerusalem, for them to observe.
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Acts 20:17
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Farewell to Ephesus
17 From Miletus he sent to (A)Ephesus and called to him (B)the elders of the church.
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Acts 21:18
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18 And the following day Paul went in with us to [a](A)James, and all (B)the elders were present.
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- Acts 21:18 Or Jacob
1 Timothy 5:17
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Concerning Elders
17 (A)The elders who (B)rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who (C)work hard [a]at preaching and teaching.
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- 1 Timothy 5:17 Lit in word
1 Timothy 5:19
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19 Do not receive an accusation against an (A)elder except on the basis of (B)two or three witnesses.
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Titus 1:5
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Qualifications of Elders
5 For this reason I left you in (A)Crete, that you would set in order what remains and (B)appoint (C)elders in every city as I directed you,
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James 5:14
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14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for (A)the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, [a](B)anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
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- James 5:14 Lit having anointed
1 Peter 5:1
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Serve God Willingly
5 (A)Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your (B)fellow elder and (C)witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a (D)partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed,
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2 John
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Walk According to His Commandments
1 (A)The elder to the (B)chosen (C)lady and her children, whom I (D)love in truth; and not only I, but also all who (E)know the truth, 2 for (F)the sake of the truth which abides (G)in us and will be (H)with us forever: 3 (I)Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4 (J)I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father. 5 Now I ask you, lady, (K)not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had (L)from the beginning, that we (M)love one another. 6 And (N)this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, (O)just as you have heard (P)from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
7 For (Q)many deceivers have (R)gone out into the world, those who (S)do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is (T)the deceiver and the (U)antichrist. 8 (V)Watch yourselves, (W)that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 9 [a]Anyone who [b]goes too far and (X)does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, (Y)do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; 11 for the one who gives him a greeting (Z)participates in his evil deeds.
12 (AA)Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that [c]your (AB)joy may be made full.
13 The children of your (AC)chosen sister greet you.
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- 2 John 1:9 Lit Everyone
- 2 John 1:9 Lit goes on ahead
- 2 John 1:12 One early ms reads our
3 John
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You Walk in the Truth
1 (A)The elder to the beloved (B)Gaius, whom I (C)love in truth.
2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. 3 For I (D)was very glad when (E)brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you (F)are walking in truth. 4 I have no greater joy than [a]this, to hear of (G)my children (H)walking in the truth.
5 Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the (I)brethren, and [b]especially when they are (J)strangers; 6 and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to (K)send them on their way in a manner (L)worthy of God. 7 For they went out for the sake of (M)the Name, (N)accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to [c]support such men, so that we may [d]be fellow workers [e]with the truth.
9 I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to (O)be first among them, does not accept [f]what we say. 10 For this reason, (P)if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not (Q)receive the (R)brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and (S)puts them out of the church.
11 Beloved, (T)do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. (U)The one who does good is of God; (V)the one who does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius (W)has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself; and we add our testimony, and (X)you know that our testimony is true.
13 (Y)I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write them to you with pen and ink; 14 but I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face.
15 (Z)Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends (AA)by name.
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- 3 John 1:4 Lit these things, that I hear
- 3 John 1:5 Lit this
- 3 John 1:8 Or receive such men as guests
- 3 John 1:8 Or prove ourselves to be
- 3 John 1:8 Or for
- 3 John 1:9 Lit us
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