Acts 14:23
And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
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Acts 14:23
And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
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Acts 14:5
And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,
Acts 14:21
And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,
Acts 14:22
Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
Acts 14:23
And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
Acts 14:24
And they went through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
Acts 14:25
And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;
Acts 14:26
And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.
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2 Corinthians 6:5
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
Daniel 9:3
And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.
Acts 10:30
And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,
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Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:
Acts 6:6
These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.
Acts 13:1
Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.
2 Timothy 2:2
And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
2 Corinthians 8:19
And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:
Acts 10:41
Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.
1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
1 Timothy 4:14
Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.
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Acts 15:6
And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
James 5:14
Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.
Acts 15:2
And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.
Acts 15:23
And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:
1 Thessalonians 5:12
But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;
Acts 16:4
And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.
1 Timothy 5:1
Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:
1 Timothy 5:19
Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.
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