²³ And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

⁵ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

³⁰ Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

¹⁴ Is any sick among you? 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:

² And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

³² And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

²² Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

¹⁷ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

¹ The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

¹ The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;