Bible Verses about “elders and deacons”

“casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.”

“Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

“The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;”

“Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.”

“(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)”

“Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.”

“one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;”

“not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;”

“This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.”

“not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.”

“Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.”

“Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;”

“Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."”

“neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.”

“Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.”

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

“But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.”

“Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;”

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

“For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

“but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

“Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.”

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

“holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.”

“These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;”

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

“For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;”

“but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;”

“When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.”

“I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.”

“I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;”

“if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.”

“Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.”

“They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.”

“Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.”

“Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.”

“But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."”

“Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.”

“whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.”

“When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.”

“Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.”

“The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.”

“These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;”

“To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.”

“One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."”

“not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.”

“The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

“For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,”

“But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.”

“This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,”