Acts 20:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

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  • Acts 11:30 : 30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
  • Acts 14:23 : 23 And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
  • Titus 1:5 : 5 I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
  • Jas 5:14 : 14 Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
  • 2 John 1:1 : 1 I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;
  • 3 John 1:1 : 1 I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.
  • Acts 15:4 : 4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.
  • Acts 15:6 : 6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
  • Acts 15:23 : 23 And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:
  • Acts 16:4 : 4 And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

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    18And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

    19Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

    20And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

  • Acts 20:13-16
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    13But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

    14And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

    15And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

    16For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

  • Acts 14:23
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    23And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

  • Acts 20:1-2
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    1And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

    2And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

  • Acts 21:17-19
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    17And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us.

    18And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

    19And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

  • 1 Pet 5:1
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    1I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

  • Titus 1:5
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    5I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;

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    1And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:

  • Acts 18:19-23
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    19And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

    20And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

    21And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

    22And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

    23And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

  • Acts 15:6
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    6And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

  • Acts 17:14-15
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    14So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

    15But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

  • 2 Tim 1:18
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    18(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

  • Acts 11:30
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    30Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • 1 Tim 1:3
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    3It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,

  • 2 Tim 4:12
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    12Tychicus I sent to Ephesus.

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    4And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

    5But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

    6And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

    7And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

    8And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

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    36And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

    37And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

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    1Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:

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    31So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

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    26And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

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    13Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Cor 16:8
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    8But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost;

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    17And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him.

  • Acts 21:29
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    29For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.

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    4And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.