20 Bible Verses About Mentorship, from Moses and Joshua to Paul and Timothy

In the Bible, mentorship appears in pairs, an older servant of God training a younger one, and in teaching handed down to the next generation. Joshua served Moses (Deuteronomy 31:7-8), Elisha followed Elijah (2 Kings 2:9), and Paul wrote to Timothy as “my child” (2 Timothy 2:1-2). Jesus said a fully trained disciple “will be like his teacher” (Luke 6:40) and sent his disciples to make more (Matthew 28:19-20). Titus 2:3-5 gives older women the task of training younger women,…