Respecting Elders

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

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.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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.

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

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

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

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

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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: — read the full passage →

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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

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 →

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

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

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.

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

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

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:

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

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

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

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

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 nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

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: — read the full passage →

Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

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.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

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;

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. — read the full passage →

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; — read the full passage →

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

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

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. — read the full passage →

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. — read the full passage →

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. — read the full passage →

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, — read the full passage →

Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.