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: 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 when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. 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: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over Godsheritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. “elders” (Greek, presbuterous), a term borrowed from Israel (Exodus 18:21), to describe THE MEN WHO RULED IN THE CHURCH. (1 Tim. 3). The term is synonymous with bishop (Greek episkopos) and is a term often overlapping for pastor in some forms of Protestant church government. “A crown of glory” is promised to faithful pastors. “When the chief Shepherd shall appear:” The rewards will be realized when Jesus returns for His church.
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