(Luke 10:1-2): "After these things the Lord chose the other seventy disciples, and sent them two and two before Him into every city and place whither He Himself wanted to go, and He said to them, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest that He will send laborers into His harvest."

(Acts 1:1-2): "The first book I wrote to you, Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning to the day on which he ascended, having given commands by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen."

(Acts 1:23-26): "And they appointed two: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas, who was called Justus, and Matthias; And they prayed and said, O Lord, Knower of the Hearts of all, show one of these two, whom Thou hast chosen to receive the lot of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas fell away to go to his own place. And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered among the eleven apostles."

(1 Timothy 3:1-10): "True is the saying: If anyone desires the episcopacy, he desires a good work. But a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, chaste, decent, honest, lover of strangers, teachers, not a drunkard, not a boister, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but quiet, peace-loving, not covetous, ruling his house well, keeping his children in obedience with all honesty; for whoever does not know how to govern his own house, will he take care of the Church of God? He must not be one of the new converts, lest he become proud and fall into condemnation with the devil. He must also have a good testimony from those outside, so that he does not fall into the reproach and snare of the devil. Deacons must also be honest, not double-tongued, not addicted to wine, not greedy, keeping the sacrament of faith in a clear conscience. And such people must first be tested, then, if they are blameless, allowed to serve."

(Titus 1:5-9): "For this reason I left you in Crete, that you might finish what was unfinished, and that you might appoint elders in all the cities, as I commanded you: if any man be blameless, the husband of one wife, has faithful children, who are not reproached for debauchery or disobedience. For a bishop must be blameless, like God's steward, not impudent, not wrathful, not a drunkard, not a thief, not a covetous, but a lover of strangers, a lover of good, chaste, just, pious, temperate, holding fast to the true word, in accordance with the teaching, so that he may be strong and instruct in sound doctrine and rebuke those who resist."

Chapter 2. In ordinations, one should not be frivolous and approach them imprudently, for what does not deserve approval is not safe. And he who is caught in something must be discovered, so that he himself does not become an accomplice in sin, and so that others do not stumble, but, on the contrary, learn to fear.

(1 Timothy 5:22): "Do not lay your hands on anyone hastily, and do not become a partaker of the sins of others."