Bible Verses About Ordination
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for ordination, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,197 votes, led by John 15:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Ordination
John 15:16110 votes
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
2 Timothy 2:1589 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Ephesians 4:1-3275 votes
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
1 Timothy 5:2270 votes
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
1 Timothy 1:1252 votes
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
Acts 14:2349 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.
Acts 6:345 votes
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.
Titus 1:541 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:
John 15:14-1733 votes
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
1 Peter 2:531 votes
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 5:1729 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Hebrews 13:728 votes
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Jeremiah 1:526 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ephesians 4:1125 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
1 Timothy 1:1825 votes
This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
1 Timothy 3:1-725 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Revelation 2:223 votes
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Ephesians 2:1022 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Revelation 1:620 votes
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
John 3:16-1719 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 Timothy 2:519 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Luke 8:1-318 votes
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
1 Peter 5:518 votes
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.
Luke 9:116 votes
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
2 Corinthians 4:416 votes
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
What does the Bible say about ordination?
Readers most often cite John 15:16 on the subject of ordination. Across 1,197 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Timothy 2:15, Ephesians 4:1-32, 1 Timothy 5:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.