Acts 6:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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.

Acts 6:3 Križne Reference

Exodus 18:21

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

Isaiah 28:26

For he is instructed aright; 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.

Matthew 23:8

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

John 21:23

The saying spread abroad among the brethren 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 brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said,

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,

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 15:23

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

Acts 16:2

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

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 22:12

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

Acts 28:14

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

Acts 6:2

And the twelve summoned the body 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 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 Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.

Acts 6:6

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

Acts 9:30

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

1 Corinthians 12:8

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

1 Corinthians 16:3

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

Ephesians 5:18

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

Deuteronomy 1:13

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

1 Timothy 5:10

and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

James 1:17

Every good endowment 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.

3 John 1:12

Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.