Acts 6:2

New Living Translation

So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program.

Cross References

Nehemiah 6:3

so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”

Acts 21:22

What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

Acts 25:27

For it makes no sense to send a prisoner to the emperor without specifying the charges against him!”

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?

Acts 6:1

But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.

Acts 6:3

And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility.

2 Timothy 2:4

Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.