Moreover you shall 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.
Acts 6:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore select out from among yourselves, brethren, seven men of good and attested character and repute, full of the [Holy] Spirit and wisdom, whom we may assign to look after this business and duty. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Brothers and sisters, carefully choose seven well-respected men from among you. They must be well-respected and endowed by the Spirit with exceptional wisdom. We will put them in charge of this concern. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, brothers, search among yourselves for seven men of good testimony, filled with the Holy Spirit and with wisdom, whom we may appoint over this work. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. |
Moreover you shall 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.
and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Messiah, and all of you are brothers.
This saying therefore went out among the brothers, that this talmid wouldn't die. Yet Yeshua didn't say to him that he wouldn't die, but, *If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?*
In these days, Kefa stood up in the midst of the talmidim (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
*Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Yeshua went in and out among us,
They said, *Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.*
They wrote these things by their hand: *The emissaries, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
One Chananyah, a devout man according to the Torah, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.
The twelve summoned the multitude of the talmidim and said, *It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.
These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
whom they set before the emissaries. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.
For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry your gracious gift to Yerushalayim.
Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the holy ones' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.