Ordination

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service;

And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

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;

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you. — read the full passage →

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

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

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

This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

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 →

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.

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve, — read the full passage →

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. — read the full passage →

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

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 →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.

For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing. — read the full passage →

and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matter of this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness:

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,

For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. — read the full passage →

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. — read the full passage →

Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come.

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that thishigh priestalso have somewhat to offer.

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, — read the full passage →

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

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

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and exhortation, and consolation.

that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ:

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.

whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.

saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.

Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;