Acts 6:2

New English Translation

So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

Cross References

Nehemiah 6:3

So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am engaged in an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?”

Acts 21:22

What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.

Acts 25:27

For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him.”

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

Acts 6:1

Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Acts 6:3

But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.

2 Timothy 2:4

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.