Acts 6:3

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Cross References

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Isaiah 28:26

For his God doth instruct him aright, and doth teach him.

Isaiah 28:6

and for a spirit of judgement to him that sitteth in judgement, and for strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.

Matthew 23:8

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

John 21:23

This saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

Acts 1:15

And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (and there was a multitude of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty),

Acts 1:21

Of the men therefore which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

Acts 10:22

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.

Acts 15:23

and they wrote thus by them, The apostles and the elder brethren unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

Acts 16:2

The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

Acts 2:4

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

Acts 22:12

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,

Acts 28:14

where we found brethren, and were entreated to tarry with them seven days: and so we came to Rome.

Acts 6:2

And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables.

Acts 6:5

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: 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 Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Acts 6:6

whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Acts 9:30

And when the brethren knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

1 Corinthians 12:8

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

1 Corinthians 16:3

And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve by letters, them will I send to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:

Ephesians 5:18

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Deuteronomy 1:13

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

1 Timothy 5:10

well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

3 John 1:12

Demetrius hath the witness of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness; and thou knowest that our witness is true.