Ordination

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.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

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

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

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.

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.

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:

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

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.

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.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

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

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;

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

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:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

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. — read the full passage →

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.

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, — read the full passage →

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath 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 in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

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

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: — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

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

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

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

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

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

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

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. — read the full passage →

And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: 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 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.

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.

Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

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

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

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

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

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

And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

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. — read the full passage →

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

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

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, — read the full passage →

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

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

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

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

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 Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

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

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

Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.