10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Tim 5:1 — Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
• Acts 11:30 — Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
• Acts 14:23 — 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.
• Acts 15:2 — When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and e
• Acts 15:25 — It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
• Heb 13:7 — Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
• Heb 13:17 — Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable
• Prov 11:14 — Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
• Prov 15:22 — Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.