Acts 14:23

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Summary

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.

Elders

And had

Acts 13:1

They commended

1 Peter 5:10

Bible References

Elders

And this they did, sending it in charge of Barnabas and Saul to the elders.

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.

Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers,

Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him,

anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed,

The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth,

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

And had

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

They commended

From there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.

And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.

and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you;

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.