Joh 10:7, 9, Act 20:28, 1Ti 3:2-7, 4:14, Tit 1:5, Rev 1:20-2:1 | ESV | STEP | So Jesus again said to them, Truly , truly , I say to you , I am the door of the sheep .

x[See ver. 1 above]

y ch. 6:4; 2 Tim. 3:4

zSee Mark 4:11

aa 2 Tim. 2:26; [ch. 6:9]

abSee 1 Thess. 5:19

ac ch. 1:18

adSee Acts 6:6

ae[1 Tim. 1:3]

af[Acts 14:23; 2 Tim. 2:2]

agSee ver. 12

ah[Matt. 5:14, 15]

ai ch. 1:16, 20

aj ch. 1:13

John 10:7

7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^aI am the door of the sheep.

John 10:9

9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, ^bhe will be saved and will go in and out and ^cfind pasture.

Acts 20:28

28 ^dPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^ethe flock, in which ^fthe Holy Spirit has made you ^goverseers, ^hto care for ⁱthe church of God, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord} which he ^kobtained ^lwith his own blood. ^{▼▼Or with the blood of his Own}

1 Timothy 3:2-7

2 Therefore ⁿan overseer ^{▼▼Or bishop; Greek episkopos; a similar term occurs in verse 1} must be above reproach, ^pthe husband of one wife, ^{▼▼Or a man of one woman; also verse 12} ^rsober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, ^shospitable, ^table to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but ^ugentle, not quarrelsome, ^vnot a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity ^wkeeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for ^xGod’s church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may ^ybecome puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by ^zoutsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into ^aaa snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 4:14

14 ^abDo not neglect the gift you have, which was given you ^acby prophecy when the council of elders ^adlaid their hands on you.

Titus 1:5

Qualifications for Elders

5 ^aeThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and ^afappoint elders in every town as I directed you—

Revelation of John 1:20

20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and ^agthe seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and ^ahthe seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation of John 2:1

To the Church in Ephesus

1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of ^aihim who holds the seven stars in his right hand, ^ajwho walks among the seven golden lampstands.