Greek
4244. presbuterion -- a body of elders ... Cognate: 4244 -- properly, a council (group) of elders; a
serving a local
church who lead (feed, shepherd) the people of the Lord (cf. 1 Tim 4:14).
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4244.htm - 7k1249. diakonos -- a servant, minister
... the NT usually refers to the Lord inspiring His servants to carry out His plan for
His people -- ie as His "minister" (like a serving Him in a local church). ...
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752. archisunagogos -- ruler of a synagogue
... other elders-overseers serving in a particular synagogue. [Note the parallel with
government in the NT. Like the ancient Jewish , a local NT church needs to be ...
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Topical Bible Verses
1 Peter 4:10-11As every man has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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And we beseech you, brothers, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
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Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.
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1 Peter 5:1-4
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:
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Library
Kingo's Psalmbook
... Hans Thomisson's hymnal had become antiquated after serving the church for nearly
one hundred and twenty-five years. It had served its purpose well. ...
/.../aaberg/hymns and hymnwriters of denmark/chapter five kingos psalmbook.htm
Reclaiming a Church to Meet a New Age
... in the city!" Another instance revealing the sort of spirit which pervaded the parish
house and filled the people of Christ Church was the serving of dinners ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/reclaiming a church to meet.htm
How Haedde Succeeded Leutherius in the Bishopric of the West ...
... his bishopric, for, as has keen said above, he was more industrious in ecclesiastical
than in worldly affairs; serving God only in that church, and going ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xii how haedde succeeded.htm
Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church. Their Election and ...
... If we admit this (and it certainly ought to be admitted), there will be two classes
of deacons, the one serving the Church by administering the affairs of the ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 3 of the teachers.htm
The Living Word
... He had long suffered under the difficulty of serving a church which honored the
law-breaker and persecuted the law-abiding and thought of resigning. ...
/.../aaberg/hymns and hymnwriters of denmark/chapter thirteen the living word.htm
Whether There Should be Different Duties or States in the Church?
... states and duties is not an obstacle to the unity of the Church, for this ... namely
by charity, "by what every joint supplieth," namely by one man serving another ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there should be different.htm
The Corporate Union of Church Bodies: Bases and Terms.
... they have also been an evidence of inherent strength, serving a providential purpose ...
and the early and mediaeval history of the Christian Church, by quickening ...
/.../the creeds of the evangelical protestant churches/ii the corporate union of.htm
Household Salvation
... They rejoiced, no doubt, also because they had enjoyed an opportunity of
serving the church in waiting upon the apostle. They felt ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/household salvation.htm
Article xxviii Every one is Bound to Join Himself to the True ...
... and unite themselves with it; maintaining the unity of the Church; submitting
themselves ... Jesus Christ; and as mutual members of the same body, serving to the ...
/.../various/the belgic confession /article xxviii every one is.htm
The Emperor's Mother Helena Having Come to Jerusalem, Searches for ...
... the emperor's mother had completed the New Jerusalem, she reared another church
not at ... in the register [217] of the churches to a repast, serving them herself ...
/.../chapter xvii the emperors mother helena.htm
Subtopics
Serving
Serving God
Serving in the Military
Serving Other Gods
Serving the Church
Serving the Lord
Serving the Poor
Serving Time
Serving Two Masters
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