Font Size
1 Timothy 5:1
English Standard Version
1 Timothy 5:1
English Standard Version
Instructions for the Church
5 (A)Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, (B)younger men as brothers,
Read full chapter
1 Timothy 5:1
New International Version
1 Timothy 5:1
New International Version
Widows, Elders and Slaves
5 Do not rebuke an older man(A) harshly,(B) but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men(C) as brothers,
Leviticus 19:32
English Standard Version
Leviticus 19:32
English Standard Version
32 (A)“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall (B)fear your God: I am the Lord.
Read full chapter
Leviticus 19:32
New International Version
Leviticus 19:32
New International Version
32 “‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect(A) for the elderly(B) and revere your God.(C) I am the Lord.(D)
1 Peter 5:5-6
English Standard Version
1 Peter 5:5-6
English Standard Version
5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. (A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for (B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
6 (C)Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
Read full chapter
1 Peter 5:5-6
New International Version
1 Peter 5:5-6
New International Version
5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.(D)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34
Titus 2:6
English Standard Version
Titus 2:6
English Standard Version
6 Likewise, urge (A)the younger men to be self-controlled.
Read full chapter
Titus 2:6
New International Version
Titus 2:6
New International Version
Titus 2:2
English Standard Version
Titus 2:2
English Standard Version
2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, (A)sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
Read full chapter
Titus 2:2
New International Version
Titus 2:2
New International Version
2 Teach the older men(A) to be temperate,(B) worthy of respect, self-controlled,(C) and sound in faith,(D) in love and in endurance.
1 Timothy 5:19-20
English Standard Version
1 Timothy 5:19-20
English Standard Version
19 Do not admit a charge against an elder except (A)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 20 As for those who persist in sin, (B)rebuke them in the presence of all, (C)so that the rest may stand in fear.
Read full chapter
1 Timothy 5:19-20
New International Version
1 Timothy 5:19-20
New International Version
19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder(A) unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.(B) 20 But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove(C) before everyone, so that the others may take warning.(D)
1 Peter 5:1
English Standard Version
1 Peter 5:1
English Standard Version
Shepherd the Flock of God
5 So I exhort the elders among you, (A)as a fellow elder and (B)a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:
Read full chapter
1 Peter 5:1
New International Version
1 Peter 5:1
New International Version
To the Elders and the Flock
5 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder(A) and a witness(B) of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:(C)
1 Timothy 5:17
English Standard Version
1 Timothy 5:17
English Standard Version
17 Let the elders (A)who rule well be considered worthy of (B)double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
Read full chapter
1 Timothy 5:17
New International Version
1 Timothy 5:17
New International Version
17 The elders(A) who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor,(B) especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
Galatians 6:1
English Standard Version
Galatians 6:1
English Standard Version
Bear One Another's Burdens
6 Brothers,[a] (A)if anyone is caught in any transgression, (B)you who are spiritual should restore him in (C)a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Galatians 6:1 Or Brothers and sisters; also verse 18
Galatians 6:1
New International Version
Galatians 6:1
New International Version
Doing Good to All
6 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit(A) should restore(B) that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
Titus 1:5-6
English Standard Version
Titus 1:5-6
English Standard Version
Qualifications for Elders
5 (A)This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and (B)appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 (C)if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[a] and his children are believers[b] and not open to the charge of (D)debauchery or insubordination.
Read full chapter
Titus 1:5-6
New International Version
Titus 1:5-6
New International Version
Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good(A)
5 The reason I left you in Crete(B) was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint[a] elders(C) in every town, as I directed you. 6 An elder must be blameless,(D) faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe[b] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
Romans 13:7
English Standard Version
Romans 13:7
English Standard Version
7 (A)Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
Read full chapter
Romans 13:7
New International Version
Romans 13:7
New International Version
7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes;(A) if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Acts 15:4
English Standard Version
Acts 15:4
English Standard Version
4 (A)When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and (B)the apostles and the elders, and (C)they declared all that God had done with them.
Read full chapter
Acts 15:4
New International Version
Acts 15:4
New International Version
4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.(A)
Acts 14:23
English Standard Version
Acts 14:23
English Standard Version
23 And when they had (A)appointed (B)elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting (C)they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Read full chapter
Acts 14:23
New International Version
Acts 14:23
New International Version
23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders[a](A) for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting,(B) committed them to the Lord,(C) in whom they had put their trust.
Footnotes
- Acts 14:23 Or Barnabas ordained elders; or Barnabas had elders elected
English Standard Version (ESV) 
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.