Acts 6:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Acts 6:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 6:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 6:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Acts 6:3 — World English Bible
Acts 6:3 ASV — 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. ”
Acts 6:3 — American Standard Version
Acts 6:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this necessity,”
Acts 6:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 6:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of [the] [Holy] Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business: ”
Acts 6:3 — Darby Translation
Acts 6:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore brethren, looke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, and full of the holy Ghost, and of wisedome, which we may appoint to this busines.”
Acts 6:3 — Geneva Bible
Acts 6:3 in Context — Acts 6
1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
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.
4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
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