1 In those days, as the number of the disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.
2 So the Twelve called in the whole body of disciples and said to them, "It is not desirable that we should give up preaching the word of God to keep accounts.
3 You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter,
4 while we devote ourselves to prayer and to delivering the message."
5 This plan met the approval of the whole body, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, who had been a convert to Judaism.
6 They brought these men before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.
7 So God's message continued to spread; the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a great many priests accepted the faith.
8 Stephen, greatly strengthened by God's favor, did remarkable signs and wonders among the people.
9 But members of the synagogue known as that of the Libyans, Cyreneans, and Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia undertook to debate with Stephen,
10 but they could not meet his wisdom and the inspiration with which he spoke.
11 So they instigated people to say, "We have heard him use abusive language about Moses and about God."
12 They aroused the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they set upon him and seized him, and brought him before the council.
13 Then they brought forward false witnesses, who said, "This man is constantly saying things against this holy place and against the Law,
14 for we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will tear this place down and change the customs that have been handed down to us by Moses."
15 Everyone who sat in the council fixed his eyes on him, and they saw that his face was like that of an angel.
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Acts 6:1-15
John 10:10
10 A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come to let them have life, and to let them have it in abundance.
Acts 2:42
42 And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.
John 14:1
1 "Your minds must not be troubled; you must believe in God, and believe in me.
Acts 6:1-6
1 In those days, as the number of the disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.
2 So the Twelve called in the whole body of disciples and said to them, "It is not desirable that we should give up preaching the word of God to keep accounts.
3 You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter,
4 while we devote ourselves to prayer and to delivering the message."
5 This plan met the approval of the whole body, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, who had been a convert to Judaism.
6 They brought these men before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.
Romans 15:13
13 May God, the source of hope, fill you with perfect happiness and peace in your faith, so that you may have overflowing hope through the power of the holy Spirit.
1 Timothy 3:2
2 A superintendent must be a man above reproach, only once married, temperate, sensible, a man of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
1 John 5:14
14 And we have confidence in him, that if we ask him for anything that is in accordance with his will, he will listen to us.
Revelation 1:1-20
1 A revelation made by Jesus Christ which God gave him to disclose to his slaves of what must very soon happen. He sent and communicated it by his angel to his slave John,
2 who testifies to what he saw—to the message of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the man who reads this prophecy and those who hear it read and heed what is written in it, for the time is near.
4 John to the seven churches in Asia, blessing and peace to you from him who is and was and is coming, and from the seven spirits before his throne,
5 and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the sovereign of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood
6 he has made us a kingdom of priests for his God and Father—to him be glory and power forever. Amen.
7 See! He is coming on the clouds, and every eye will see him, even the men who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will lament over him. So it is to be, Amen.
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega." says the Lord God, who is and was and is coming, the Almighty.
9 I, John, your brother and companion in the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance that Jesus brings, found myself on the island called Patmos, for uttering God's message and testifying to Jesus.
10 On the Lord's day I fell into a trance, and I heard a loud voice like a trumpet behind me
11 say, "Write what you see in a roll and send it to the seven churches—to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."
12 I turned to see whose voice it was that was speaking to me, and when I turned I saw seven gold lampstands,
13 and among the lampstands a being like a man, wearing a long robe, with a gold belt around his breast.
14 His head and hair were as white as white wool, as white as snow; his eyes blazed like fire;
15 his feet were like bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the noise of mighty waters.
16 In his right hand he held seven stars; from his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword, and his face shone like the sun at noonday.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. But he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last,
18 the living one. I was dead, yet here I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and the underworld.
19 So write what you have seen, what is now and what is to happen hereafter.
20 The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the guardian angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
21 for no prophecy ever originated in the human will, but under the influence of the holy Spirit men spoke for God.
John 3:16
16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.
Philippians 4:19
19 My God will gloriously supply all your needs with his wealth, through your union with Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 12:18
18 As it is, God has arranged the parts, every one of them in the body as he wished them to be.
1 Peter 4:10
10 Whatever the endowment God has given you, use it in service to one another, like good dispensers of God's varied mercy.
Galatians 4:2
2 but he is under guardians and trustees until the time fixed by his father.
Matthew 25:14-28
14 "For it is just like a man who was going on a journey, and called in his slaves, and put his property in their hands.
15 He gave one five thousand dollars, and another two thousand, and another one thousand; to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
16 The man who had received the five thousand dollars immediately went into business with the money, and made five thousand more.
17 In the same way the man who had received the two thousand made two thousand more.
18 But the man who had received the one thousand went away and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
19 Long afterward, their master came back and settled accounts with them.
20 And the man who had received the five thousand dollars came up bringing him five thousand more, and said, 'Sir, you put five thousand dollars in my hands; here I have made five thousand more.'
21 His master said to him, 'Well done, my excellent, faithful slave! you have been faithful about a small amount; I will put a large one into your hands. Come, share your master's enjoyment!'
22 And the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Sir, you put two thousand dollars into my hands; here I have made two thousand more.'
23 His master said to him, 'Well done, my excellent, faithful slave! you have been faithful about a small amount; I will put a large one into your hands. Come! share your master's enjoyment.'
24 And the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Sir, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, and gathered where you had not threshed,
25 and I was frightened, and I went and hid your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money!'
26 His master answered, 'You wicked, idle slave! You knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed?
27 Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and then when I came back I would have gotten my property with interest.
28 So take the thousand dollars away from him, and give it to the man who has the ten thousand,