Quotes About Elders

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.

So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,

and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.

Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

As a fellow elder, a witness of Christís sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”

And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,