Bible Verses about “elders and deacons”

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”

“¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].”

“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”

“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.”

“One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;”

“Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;”

“¶ This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”

“Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.”

“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”

“¶ Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;”

“¶ Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”

“Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.”

“Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.”

“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”

“¶ But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].”

“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;”

“Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.”

“For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

“And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.”

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:”

“Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.”

“¶ These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:”

“¶ Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.”

“For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;”

“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;”

“And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.”

“¶ The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:”

“¶ 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:”

“¶ If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.”

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”

“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”

“Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.”

“Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”

“But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.”

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

“Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid [their] hands on them.”

“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.”

“¶ And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.”

“Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.”

“And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:”

“Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.”

“One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.”

“Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.”

“And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

“For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:”

“Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.”

“This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;”