First London Baptist Confession of Faith (second edition) · Chapter 36

Article 36

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1. Being thus Joyned, every Church hath power given them from Christ, for their wel-being to chuse among themselves meet persons for^a Elders and Deacons, being qualified according to the Word,^b as those which Christ hath appointed in his Testament, for the feeding, governing, serving, and building up of his Church, and that none have any power to^c impose on them either these or any other.^d

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aActs 1:23, 26; 6:3; 15:22, 25
bRomans 12:7–8
c1 Timothy 3:2, 6–8; 1 Corinthians 12:8, 28; Hebrews 13:7, 17; 1 Peter 5:1–3
d1 Peter 4:15

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