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

³⁰ which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

¹⁴ Is any among you sick? 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:

⁵ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

¹⁷ Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

²⁸ Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

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

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

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

¹ The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

⁴ And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.

²³ and they wrote `thus' by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

⁶ And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.

⁴ And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them.