Acts 6:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But we wil geue oure selues vnto prayer, and to the mynistracion of the worde of God.

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  • Acts 1:14 : 14 These all contynued with one acorde in prayer and supplicacion, with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren.
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And for the same I praye, yt yor loue maye increace more & more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience, 10 yt ye maye proue what is best, that ye maye be pure, & soch as hurte no mans conscience, vnto the daye of Christ: 11 fylled with the frutes of righteousnes, which come by Iesus Christ vnto the glorye and prayse of God.
  • Col 1:9-9 : 9 For this cause we also, sence the daye yt we herde of it, ceasse not to praye for you, & desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the knowlege of his will, in all wyssdome and spirituall vnderstondinge, 10 that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE, to please him in all thinges, and to be frutefull in all good workes, and growe in the knowlege of God: 11 & to be strengthed wt all power acordinge to the mighte of his glory, to all pacience and longsufferynge with ioyfulnes, 12 and geue thankes vnto the father, which hath made vs mete for the enheritaunce of sayntes in lighte. 13 Which hath delyuered vs fro the power of darknesse, & translated vs in to the kyngdome of his deare sonne
  • Col 2:1 : 1 I wolde ye knewe what fightinge I haue for youre sakes, and for them of Laodicea, and for as many as haue not sene my personne in the flesh,
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, & allwaye laboureth feruently for you in prayers, yt ye maye stonde perfecte and full, in all that is the wil of God.
  • Col 4:17 : 17 And saye to Archippus: Take hede to the office which thou hast receaued in the LORDE, that thou fulfyll it.
  • 1 Tim 4:13-16 : 13 Geue attendaunce to readynge, to exhortacion, to doctryne, vntyll I come. 14 Be not necligent in the gifte that is geuen the thorow prophecye, with layege on of the handes of the Elders. 15 These thinges exercyse, and geue thy selfe vnto them, that thine increase maye be manifest vnto euery man. 16 Take hede vnto thy selfe, and to learnynge, cotynue in these thinges. For yf thou so do, thou shalt saue thy selfe, and them that heare the.
  • Acts 2:42 : 42 They contynued in the Apostles doctryne, and in the felashippe, and in breakynge of bred, and in prayer.
  • Acts 13:2-3 : 2 As they serued ye LORDE, and fasted, the holy goost sayde: Separate me out Barnabas and Saul for the worke, where vnto I haue called them. 3 Then fasted they and prayed, and layed the handes on them, and let them go.
  • Acts 20:19-31 : 19 and serued ye LORDE with all humblenesse of mynde, and with many teares and tentacions, which happened vnto me by ye layenges of wayte of the Iewes, 20 how yt I haue kepte backe nothinge yt was profitable, but that I haue shewed you, and taughte you openly, and priuately from house to house. 21 And haue testifyed both vnto the Iewes & to the Grekes the repentaunce towarde God, and faith towarde oure LORDE Iesus. 22 And now beholde, I go bounde in ye sprete vnto Ierusale, not knowinge what shal happen there vnto me, 23 but yt the holy goost witnesseth in euery cite, and sayeth, that bondes and troubles abyde me there. 24 But I regarde none of them, nether counte I my life dearer then my selfe, that I maye fulfyll my course with ioye, and the office yt I haue receaued of the LORDE Iesu, to testifye the Gospell of the grace of God. 25 And now beholde, I knowe that ye shal se my face nomore, all ye, thorow whom I haue gone, and preached the kyngdome of God. 26 Wherfore I take you to recorde this daye, that I am pure from the bloude of all men: 27 For I haue kepte nothinge backe, but haue shewed you all the councell off God. 28 Take hede therfore vnto youre selues, and to all the flocke, amonge the which the holy goost hath set you to be Bishoppes, to fede the congregacion of God, which he hath purchaced thorow his owne bloude. 29 For this I knowe, that after my departinge there shal enter in amonge you greuous wolues, which shal not spare the flocke. 30 Yee eue from amonge youre awne selues shal men aryse, speakynge peruerse doctryne, to drawe disciples after them. 31 Therfore awake, and remembre, that by the space of thre yeares I ceassed not to warne euery one off you both nighte and daye with teares.
  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witnesse ( whom I serue in my sprete in the Gospell of his sonne) that without ceassynge I make mencion of you besekinge allwayes in my prayers,
  • Rom 12:6-8 : 6 and haue dyuers giftes, acordinge to the grace that is geuen vnto vs Yf eny man haue the gifte of prophecienge, let it be acordinge to the faith. 7 Let him that hath an office, wayte vpo the office: let him that teacheth, take hede to the doctryne: 8 Let him that exhorteth, geue attedaunce to the exhortacion. Yf eny ma geueth, let hi geue with synglenesse. Let him that ruleth, be diligent. Yf eny man shewe mercy, let him do it with chearfulnesse.
  • 1 Cor 9:16 : 16 For in that I preach the Gospell, I neade not boost my selfe, for I must nedes do it. And wo vnto me, yff I preach not the Gospell.
  • Eph 1:15-17 : 15 Wherfore I also, (in so moch as I haue herde of the faith which ye haue in ye LORDE Iesu, and of youre loue vnto all ye sayntes) 16 ceasse not to geue thankes for you, and make mencion of you in my prayers, 17 that ye God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyssdome, and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe,
  • Eph 3:14-21 : 14 For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, 15 which is the true father, ouer all that is called father in heauen and in earth, 16 that he graunte you (acordinge to ye riches of his glory) to be strengthed with power by his sprete in ye inwarde ma, 17 that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue, 18 maye be able to coprehende with all sayntes, what is the bredth, and the length, and the deepth, and the heyth: 19 and to knowe the loue of Christ, which loue yet passeth all knowlege: that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God. 20 Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly, aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde (acordinge to ye power that worketh in vs) 21 be prayse in the congregacion, which is in Christ Iesu, at all tymes for euer and euer, Amen.
  • Phil 1:4 : 4 (which I allwayes do in all my prayers for you all, and praye with gladnesse)
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach thou the worde, be feruent, be it in season or out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhorte with all longe sufferynge and doctryne.

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  • Acts 6:1-3
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    1 In those dayes whan the nombre of the disciples increased, there arose a grudge amoge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues, because their wyddowes were not loked vpon in the daylie handreachinge.

    2 Then the twolue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayde: It is not mete that we shulde leaue the worde of God, and to serue at the tables.

    3 Wherfore brethren, loke out amonge you seue men, that are of honeste reporte, and full of the holy goost and wyssdome, whom we maye appoynte to this nedefull busynes.

  • Acts 6:5-8
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    5 And the sayenge pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Steuen, a man full of fayth and of the holy goost, and Philippe, and Procorus, and Nicanor, and Thimon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas the Proselite of Antioche.

    6 These they set before ye Apostles, and they prayed, and layed their handes vpon them.

    7 And the worde of God increased, and the nombre of the disciples multiplied greatly at Ierusalem. And there were many prestes also obedient vnto the fayth.

    8 Steuen full of faith and power, dyd wonders and greate tokens amonge the people.

  • Col 4:2-3
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    2 Contynue in prayer, and watch in the same with thankesgeuynge,

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  • 42 They contynued in the Apostles doctryne, and in the felashippe, and in breakynge of bred, and in prayer.

  • 2 Cor 8:4-5
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    4 and prayed vs with greate instauce, that we wolde receaue their benefite and fellishippe of the hadreachinge that is done for the sayntes:

    5 And not as we loked for, but gaue ouer them selues first to the LODRE, and afterwarde vnto vs by ye wyl of God,

  • 2 Cor 6:3-4
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    3 Let vs geue no man occasion of euell, that oure office be not euell spoken of:

    4 but in all thinges let vs behaue oure selues as the mynisters of God: in moch pacience, in troubles, in necessities, in anguysshes,

  • 18 And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete, and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes

  • 20 We can not chose, but speake that we haue sene & herde.

  • 46 And they contynued daylie with one acorde in the teple, and brake bred in euery house: they toke their meate with ioye & synglenesse of hert,

  • 7 Let him that hath an office, wayte vpo the office: let him that teacheth, take hede to the doctryne:

  • 5 And Peter was kepte in the preson But prayer was made without ceassinge of the congregacion, vnto God for him.

  • 12 And it fortuned at the same tyme, that he wente out in to a mountayne to praye, and continued all night in prayer to God.

  • 12 Reioyse in hope, be pacient in trouble. Continue in prayer.

  • 3 So they had their beynge there a loge season, and quyte them selues boldly in the LORDE, which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his grace, and caused tokens and wonders to be done by their handes.

  • 2 As they serued ye LORDE, and fasted, the holy goost sayde: Separate me out Barnabas and Saul for the worke, where vnto I haue called them.

  • 15 These thinges exercyse, and geue thy selfe vnto them, that thine increase maye be manifest vnto euery man.

  • 9 Neuertheles we made or praier vnto oure God, & set watchme vpo the wall daye & night ouer against them.

  • 17 praye contynually,

  • 3 And so wil we do yf God permytte.

  • 10 We praye exceadingly daye and nighte, that we mighte se you presently, and fulfill that which is lackynge in yor faith.

  • 1 Fvrthermore brethren praye for vs, that the worde of God maye haue fre passage and be glorified as it is with you,

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    10 For God is not vnrighteous, that he shulde forget youre worke and laboure of loue, which ye shewed in his name, whan ye mynistred vnto the sayntes, and yet mynister.

    11 Yee and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the stablyshinge of hope euen vnto the ende,

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    12 and from thence to Philippis, which is the chefe cite of the londe of Macedonia, and a fre cite. In this cite abode we certayne dayes.

    13 On the daye of the Sabbathes wete we out of the cite besyde the water, where men were wonte to praye, and we sat downe, and spake vnto the wemen that resorted thither.

  • 29 And now LORDE, beholde their threatenynges, and graunte vnto thy seruauntes with all stedfast boldnesse to speake thy worde:

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6 not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte, as men pleasers: but as the seruauntes off Christ, doynge the wyll off God from the hert

    7 with good wyll. Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not me:

  • 10 Whyle we haue tyme therfore, let vs do good vnto all men but specially vnto the which are of ye housholde of faith.

  • 6 nether soughte we prayse of men, nether of you ner of eny other, whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ,

  • 21 Wherfore amonge these men which haue bene gathered together with vs (all the tyme that the LORDE Iesus wete out and in amonge vs,

  • 2 We geue thankes vnto God allwaye for you all, makynge mesion of you in or prayers

  • 1 Therfore seynge we haue soch an office (euen as mercy is come vpon vs) we faynte not,

  • 16 & saide: What shal we do to these me? for a manyfest token is done by them, and is openly knowne vnto the that dwell at Ierusalem, and we can not denye it.

  • 8 On the nexte daye we yt were with Paul, departed, and came vnto Cesarea, & entred in to the house of Philippe the Euangelist (which was one of the seue) and abode with him.

  • 21 and therfore make we prouision for honest thinges, not onely before the LORDE, but also before men.

  • 14 These all contynued with one acorde in prayer and supplicacion, with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren.

  • 16 ceasse not to geue thankes for you, and make mencion of you in my prayers,

  • 31 And wha they had prayed, the place moued where they were gathered together, & they were all fylled with ye holy goost, & spake the worde of God boldly.

  • 1 Let euery man this wyse esteme vs, euen for the mynisters of Christ, and stewardes of the secretes of God.

  • 5 But watch thou in all thinges, suffre aduersite, do the worke of a preacher of the Gospell, fulfyll thine office vnto the vttemost.

  • 13 Geue attendaunce to readynge, to exhortacion, to doctryne, vntyll I come.