Acts 6:1-6 ▼

1 AND in those days, when the number of disciples had increased, the Hel’len-ist converts murmured against the Hebrew converts because their widows were discriminated against in the daily distribution.

2 So the twelve apostles called the whole multitude of the converts and said to them, It is not good that we should leave the word of God and serve food.

3 Wherefore, brethren, examine and select from among you seven men of good repute who are full of the Spirit of the LORD and of wisdom, so that we may appoint them to this task.

4 And we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

5 This suggestion pleased the whole people so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Proch’orus and Ni-ca’nor and Ti’mon and Par’menas and Nic’o-las, a proselyte of An’ti-och.

6 These men stood before the apostles: who, as they prayed, laid their hands on them.