I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
The word is always used in the plural (Acts 20:28) unless the individual qualifications of one (Titus 1:7) are being discussed. These men are referred to as presbyters (1 Timothy 4:14), pastors (Ephesians 4:11), bishops (Acts 20:28), and overseers. Their qualifications are given in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and in Titus 1:5-16.