Bible Verses About Qualifications of Elders
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for qualifications of elders, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,152 votes, led by 1 Timothy 3:1-7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Qualifications of Elders
1 Timothy 3:1-7441 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Titus 1:5-9311 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:
Acts 20:28271 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.
Hebrews 13:17240 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.
1 Timothy 3:2234 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 5:17232 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Titus 1:5176 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 Peter 5:1-4161 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 1:6148 votes
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Philippians 1:1147 votes
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
1 Timothy 4:14145 votes
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Titus 1:9137 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.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13134 votes
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
Acts 14:23129 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.
1 Timothy 3:1-16127 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
1 Peter 5:1-3118 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 1:7117 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;
Acts 20:17115 votes
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
2 Timothy 2:2114 votes
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
1 Timothy 3:4-5100 votes
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
1 Timothy 3:198 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Titus 1:6-994 votes
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
1 Timothy 3:692 votes
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Titus 1:1-1686 votes
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
1 Timothy 3:8-1377 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 qualifications of elders?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 3:1-7 on the subject of qualifications of elders. Across 7,152 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Titus 1:5-9, Acts 20:28, Hebrews 13:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.