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.
Which are among you ... As Zerr noted, "Elders have no authority over disciples among whom they are not residing."[4] This is the reason that the apostles commanded elders to be ordained in "every church" (Acts 14:23;  Titus 1:5).