Bible Verses About Elders in the Church
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for elders in the church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,606 votes, led by James 5:14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Elders in the Church
James 5:14220 votes
Is any sick among you? 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:
Acts 14:23197 votes
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.
Titus 1:6-9192 votes
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Acts 20:28190 votes
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.
1 Timothy 3:2168 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 5:17165 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Titus 1:5159 votes
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:
1 Timothy 3:1-16156 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Hebrews 13:17146 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Titus 1:9131 votes
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.
Acts 11:30127 votes
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 20:17126 votes
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
1 Peter 5:1-4121 votes
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:
Titus 1:7110 votes
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;
1 Peter 5:1105 votes
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:
Acts 15:297 votes
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
Acts 6:1-1593 votes
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.
Ephesians 4:1185 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
1 Peter 5:281 votes
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;
Acts 15:474 votes
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
1 Timothy 3:1-770 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
1 Timothy 3:167 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Acts 15:666 votes
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
Titus 1:5-964 votes
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:
1 Timothy 3:8-1361 votes
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
What does the Bible say about elders in the church?
Readers most often cite James 5:14 on the subject of elders in the church. Across 5,606 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 14:23, Titus 1:6-9, Acts 20:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.