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 EN aquellos días, creciendo el número de los discípulos, hubo murmuración de los Griegos contra los Hebreos, de que sus viudas eran menospreciadas en el ministerio cotidiano.
2 Así que, los doce convocaron la multitud de los discípulos, y dijeron: No es justo que nosotros dejemos la palabra de Dios, y sirvamos á las mesas.
3 Buscad pues, hermanos, siete varones de vosotros de buen testimonio, llenos de Espíritu Santo y de sabiduría, los cuales pongamos en esta obra.
4 Y nosotros persistiremos en la oración, y en el ministerio de la palabra.
5 Y plugo el parecer á toda la multitud; y eligieron á Esteban, varón lleno de fe y de Espíritu Santo, y á Felipe, y á Prócoro, y á Nicanor, y á Timón, y á Parmenas, y á Nicolás, prosélito de Antioquía:
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