Acts 6:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

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  • Acts 12:24 : 24 But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.
  • Acts 19:20 : 20 In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.
  • Col 1:6 : 6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
  • Rom 1:5 : 5 Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.
  • Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned!
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.
  • Acts 21:20 : 20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.
  • Acts 13:8 : 8 But the magician Elymas(for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying,“We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”
  • 2 Chr 29:34 : 34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves.(The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.)
  • 2 Chr 30:24 : 24 King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the assembly, while the officials supplied them with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.
  • Ps 132:9 : 9 May your priests be clothed with integrity! May your loyal followers shout for joy!
  • Ps 132:16 : 16 I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.
  • Matt 19:30 : 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary,“Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.
  • John 12:42 : 42 Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 6:8-9
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    8Stephen is Arrested Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.

    9But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen(as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

  • Acts 16:5
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    5So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day.

  • Acts 12:24
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    24But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

  • Acts 5:11-14
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    11Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

    12The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

    13None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.

    14More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

  • Acts 11:21-22
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    21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

    22A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

  • Acts 19:20
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    20In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

  • Acts 6:4-6
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    4But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

    5The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.

    6They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

  • Acts 4:4-6
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    4But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

    5On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

    6Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.

  • Acts 2:46-47
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    46Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,

    47praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

  • Acts 6:1-2
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    1The Appointment of the First Seven Deacons Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

    2So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said,“It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

  • Acts 8:1
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    1And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

  • Acts 2:41-43
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    41So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

    42The Fellowship of the Early Believers They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

    43Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles.

  • Acts 14:3-4
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    3So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

    4But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

  • Acts 1:15
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    15In those days Peter stood up among the believers(a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

  • Acts 9:31
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    31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

  • Acts 4:32-33
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    32Conditions Among the Early Believers The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

    33With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

  • Acts 14:1
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    1Paul and Barnabas at Iconium The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

  • Acts 21:20
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    20When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.

  • Acts 8:14
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    14Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

  • Luke 17:5
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    5The apostles said to the Lord,“Increase our faith!”

  • Acts 9:42
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    42This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

  • Acts 15:4
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    4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

  • Acts 11:1
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    1Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

  • Acts 5:24
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    24Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

  • Acts 5:29
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    29But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Acts 13:44
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    44On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.

  • Acts 17:4
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    4Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

  • Acts 11:24
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    24because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.

  • Acts 8:6
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    6The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

  • Acts 2:5
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    5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

  • Acts 4:1
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    1The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

  • Acts 15:6
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    6Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.

  • Acts 5:21
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    21When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.