What Does the Bible Say About Respect Elders?

1 Timothy 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? ...

1 Peter 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Acts 20:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

1 John 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

1 Peter 5:2-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;

1 Peter 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:

Titus 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Titus 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

Titus 1:5-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

Titus 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

Titus 1:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— ...

1 Timothy 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

1 Timothy 4:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. ...

1 Timothy 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

1 Thessalonians 5:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Philippians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Romans 8:37 ESV / 1 helpful vote

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Romans 5:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

Acts 20:28-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Acts 20:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.

Acts 14:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 9:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

Psalm 131:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.

33 Bible Verses about Respect Elders

1 Timothy 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 20:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:2-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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1 Peter 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:5-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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1 Timothy 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 5:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:37 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 5:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 20:28-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Acts 14:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 9:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 131:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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33 Bible Verses about Respect Elders

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1 Timothy 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 20:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:2-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:5-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 5:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:37 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 5:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 20:28-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 20:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 14:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 9:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 131:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote