Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of the Lord, and of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

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

And having chosen elders for them in every church, [and] having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they declared all that God had done with them.

And the apostles and elders gathered together to see about this matter.

Writing by their hand these things: The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia who are of the Gentiles: Greetings.

And as they were going through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, which had been decided by the apostles and the elders at Jerusalem.

Let the elders having ruled well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

For this reason I left you behind in Crete, so that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and you should appoint elders in every city as I commanded you:

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call on the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

The elders who are among you I exhort, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed;

THE ELDER, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have come to know the truth,

THE ELDER, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth: