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Acts 6:4 KJV
Acts · chapter 6 · verse 4
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.Acts 6:4 · King James Version
Acts 6:4 in context
2Then 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.
3Wherefore, 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.
4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5And 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:
6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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Key words (Strong's)
- continuallyproskartereōto adhere to one, be his adherent, to be devoted or constant to one, to be steadfastly…G4342 →
- ministrydiakoniaservice, ministering, esp. of those who execute the commands of others, of those who by…G1248 →
- prayerproseuchēprayer addressed to God, a place set apart or suited for the offering of prayer, a…G4335 →
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Having seen the church's struggles with her enemies, and triumphed with her in her victories, we now come to take a view of the administration of her affairs at home; and here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7