Respecting Elders

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters--in all purity;

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep; — read the full passage →

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

holding--according to the teaching--to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;

`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith--considering the issue of the behaviour--be imitating,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →

neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

honour thy father and mother,

And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you, — read the full passage →

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

And he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe <FI>to him<Fi> through whom they come; — read the full passage →

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

And as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who <FI>are<Fi> in Jerusalem,

`Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou--Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'

And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising <FI>us<Fi> , and we were reverencing <FI>them<Fi> ; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of; — read the full passage →

(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more; — read the full passage →

And I saw the heaven having been opened, and lo, a white horse, and he who is sitting upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness doth he judge and war, — read the full passage →

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,