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Choosing
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Acts 6:1
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Now at this time while the disciples were increasing
in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native
Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.
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Acts 6:2
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So the twelve summoned the congregation of the
disciples and said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in
order to serve tables. |
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Acts 6:3
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"Therefore, brethren, select from among you
seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put
in charge of this task. |
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Acts 6:4
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"But we will devote ourselves to prayer and
to the ministry of the word." |
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Acts 6:5
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The statement found approval with the whole
congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit,
and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from
Antioch. |
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Acts 6:6
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And these they brought before the apostles;
and after praying, they laid their hands on them. |
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Acts 6:7
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The word of God kept on spreading; and the number
of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many
of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith. |
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Acts 6:8
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And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing
great wonders and signs among the people. |
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Acts 6:9
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But some men from what was called the Synagogue
of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia
and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen. |
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Acts 6:10
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But they were unable to cope with the wisdom
and the Spirit with which he was speaking. |
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Acts 6:11
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Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have
heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God." |
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Acts 6:12
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And they stirred up the people, the elders and
the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before
the Council. |
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Acts 6:13
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They put forward false witnesses who said, "This
man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law; |
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Acts 6:14
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for we have heard him say that this Nazarene,
Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to
us." |
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Acts 6:15
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And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting
in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel. |
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