Acts 6:3

English Standard Version 2016

Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:13

Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

1 Timothy 5:10

and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.

3 John 1:12

Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Corinthians 16:3

And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

Acts 22:12

“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

Acts 10:22

And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.”

Acts 6:6

These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

Acts 2:4

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 1:21

So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Matthew 23:8

But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.

Isaiah 28:26

For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him.

Isaiah 28:6

and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

1 Corinthians 12:8

For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

Acts 16:2

He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.

Acts 15:23

with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.

Acts 9:30

And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

John 21:23

So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”

Acts 1:15

In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said,

Acts 6:2

And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.

Acts 6:5

And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.

Acts 28:14

There we found brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.