Elderly

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience: — read the full passage →

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Honor widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: — read the full passage →

Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with you. — read the full passage →

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: — read the full passage →

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. — read the full passage →

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.