1 Timothy 5:1
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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,
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Leviticus 19:32
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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.
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1 Peter 5:5-6
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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,
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Titus 2:6
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6 Likewise, urge (A)the younger men to be self-controlled.
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Titus 2:2
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2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, (A)sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
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1 Timothy 5:19-20
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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.
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Galatians 6:1
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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.
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- Galatians 6:1 Or Brothers and sisters; also verse 18
1 Peter 5:1
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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:
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1 Timothy 5:17
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17 Let the elders (A)who rule well be considered worthy of (B)double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
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Matthew 23:8
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8 (A)But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are (B)all brothers.[a]
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- Matthew 23:8 Or brothers and sisters
Matthew 18:15-17
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If Your Brother Sins Against You
15 (A)“If your brother sins against you, (B)go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have (C)gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established (D)by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, (E)tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, (F)let him be to you as (G)a Gentile and (H)a tax collector.
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Titus 1:5-6
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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.
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2 Timothy 2:24-25
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24 And (A)the Lord's servant[a] must not be quarrelsome but (B)kind to everyone, (C)able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents (D)with gentleness. God (E)may perhaps grant them repentance (F)leading to a knowledge of the truth,
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- 2 Timothy 2:24 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Galatians 2:11-14
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Paul Opposes Peter
11 But (A)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him (B)to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, (C)he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing (D)the circumcision party.[a] 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their (E)conduct was not in step with (F)the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas (G)before them all, “If you, though a Jew, (H)live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
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- Galatians 2:12 Or fearing those of the circumcision
Romans 13:7
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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.
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Acts 15:4
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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.
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Acts 14:23
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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.
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Revelation 4:4
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4 Around the throne were (A)twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, (B)clothed in white garments, with (C)golden crowns on their heads.
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3 John 1
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2 John 1
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Greeting
1 (A)The elder to the elect lady and her children, (B)whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who (C)know (D)the truth,
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James 5:14
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14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, (A)anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
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Philemon 9-10
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9 yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now (A)a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— 10 I appeal to you for (B)my child, (C)Onesimus,[a] (D)whose father I became in my imprisonment.
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- Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20)
Acts 15:6
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6 (A)The (B)apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
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Deuteronomy 33:9
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9 who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
(A)he disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For (B)they observed your word
and kept your covenant.
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