Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I {am} the LORD.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all {of you} be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. {sober: or, vigilant}

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. {if: or, although}

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:

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, {even} Christ; and all ye are brethren.

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. {sober...: or, discreet}

Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. {before: or, under}

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

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: {wanting: or, left undone}

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all {men}, apt to teach, patient, {patient: or, forbearing}

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.

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute {is due}; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

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.

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

Yet for love's sake I rather beseech {thee}, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

And round about the throne {were} four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, {and} easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. {partiality: or, wrangling}

The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. {in...: or, truly}

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I {am} the LORD.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I {am} young, and ye {are} very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. {young: Heb. few of days} {durst...: Heb. feared}

And call no {man} your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. {sober...: or, discreet}

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.

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him {that is} from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise {them}, because they are brethren; but rather do {them} service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. {faithful: or, believing}

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:

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid {it} upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces {were} backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.