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Acts 6:1-4

1NowδὲdeG1161at thisταύταιςtautaisG3778timeἡμέραιςhēmeraisG2250, as thedisciplesμαθητῶνmathētōnG3101wereincreasingπληθυνόντωνplēthunontōnG4129in number,a complaintγογγυσμὸςgongusmosG1112developedἐγένετοegenetoG1096on the part of theHellenisticἙλληνιστῶνHellēnistōnG1675JewsagainstπρὸςprosG4314the nativeHebrewsἙβραίους,HebraiousG1445,becauseὅτιhotiG3754theirwidowsχῆραιchēraiG5503were being overlookedπαρεθεωροῦντοparetheōrountoG3865inthe dailyκαθημερινῇkathēmerinēaG2522servingδιακονίᾳdiakoniaG1248of food.
2SoδὲdeG1161the twelveδώδεκαdōdekaG1427summonedπροσκαλεσάμενοιproskalesamenoiG4341thecongregationπλῆθοςplēthosG4128of the disciplesμαθητῶνmathētōnG3101and saidG3004, “It is not desirableἀρεστόνarestonG701for us to neglectκαταλείψανταςkataleipsantasG2641the wordλόγονlogonG3056of GodθεοῦtheouG2316in order to serveδιακονεῖνdiakoneinG1247tablesτραπέζαις.trapezaisG5132.
3Insteadδέ,deG1161,brothersἀδελφοί,adelphoiG80and sisters,selectἐπισκέψασθεepiskepsastheG1980from amongἐξexG1537you sevenἑπτὰheptaG2033menἄνδραςandrasG435of goodG3140reputationG3140,fullπλήρειςplēreisG4134of the SpiritπνεύματοςpneumatosG4151and of wisdomσοφίαςsophiasG4678,whomοὓςhousG3739we may putG2525inG2525chargeG2525of thisταύτης·tautēsG3778taskχρείαςchreiasG5532.
4But we willdevoteG4342ourselvesG4342to prayerπροσευχῇproseuchēaG4335and to theministryδιακονίᾳdiakoniaG1248of the wordλόγουlogouG3056.”
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