Question: What are the duties of the church to the elders? 1. Know the elders: 1 Thess. 5:12. 2. Esteem them highly in love 1 Thes. 5:13 3. Be submissive Heb. 13:17 4. Be at peace among yourselves (1 Thess. 5:13) 5. Obey them (Heb. 13:17).