rsv Acts:6:1-7
rsv@Acts:6:1 @ Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.
rsv@Acts:6:2 @ And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, "It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.
rsv@Acts:6:3 @ Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty.
rsv@Acts:6:4 @ But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
rsv@Acts:6:5 @ And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Proch'orus, and Nica'nor, and Ti'mon, and Par'menas, and Nicola'us, a proselyte of Antioch.
rsv@Acts:6:6 @ These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.
rsv@Acts:6:7 @ And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
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