Acts 6:3

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Wherfore brethren loke ye out amoge you seven men of honest reporte and full of the holy goost and wysdome which we maye apoynte to this nedfull busynes.

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  • Deut 1:13 : 13 brynge therfore men of wisdome and of vnderstondinge and expert knowne amonge youre trybes, that I maye make them ruelars ouer you.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is fyrst pure then peasable gentle and easy to be entreated full of mercy and good frutes without iudgynge and without simulacio: 18 yee and the frute of rightewesnes is sowen in peace of them that mayntene peace.
  • 1 John 3:14-16 : 14 We knowe that we are translated from deeth vnto lyfe be cause we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abydeth in deeth. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a man slear. And ye knowe that no man slear hath eternall lyfe abydinge in him. 16 Herby perceave we love: that he gave his lyfe for vs: and therfore ought we also to geve oure lyves for the brethre.
  • 3 John 1:12 : 12 Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth: ye and we oure selves also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true.
  • Gen 41:38-39 : 38 Than sayde Pharao vnto his seruavauntes: where shall we fynde soch a ma as this is that hath the sprete of God in him? 39 wherfore Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: for as moch as God hath shewed the all this there is no man of vnderstondyng nor of wysdome lyke vnto th
  • Num 11:16-25 : 16 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: gather vnto me.lxx. of the elders of Ysrael which thou knowest that they are the elders of ye peple and officers ouer them and brynge them vnto the tabernacle of witnesse and let them stonde there with the. 17 And I wyll come doune and talke with the there and take of yt spirite which is apon the and put apon them ad they shall bere with the in the burthen of the people and so shalt thou not beare alone. 18 And saye vnto ye people: halowe youre selues agenst to morow that ye maye eate flesh for ye haue whyned in the eares of the Lorde saynge: who shall geue vs flesh to eate for we were happie when we were in Egipte? therfore the Lorde will geue you flesh and ye shall eate: 19 Ye shall not eate one daye only ether.ij. or.v. dayes ether.x. or.xx. dayes: 20 but euen a moneth longe ad vntill it come out at the nostrels of you that ye be ready to perbrake: because that ye haue cast ye Lorde a syde which is amonge you and haue wepte before him saynge: why came we out of Egipte. 21 And Moses sayde: sixe hundred thousande fotemen are there of the people amonge which I am. And thou hast sayde: I will geue them flesh and they shall eate a moneth loge 22 Shall the shepe ad the oxen be slayne for them to fynde them ether shall all the fysh of the see be gathered together to serue them? 23 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: is the LORdes hande waxed shorte? Thou shalt se whether my worde shall come to passe vnto the or not. 24 And moses went out and tolde the people the sayenge of the Lorde and gathered the lxx. elders of the people and sett them rounde aboute the tabernacle. 25 And the Lorde came doune in a cloude and spake vnto him ad toke of the sprete that was apon him ad put it apon the.lxx. elders. And as the spirite rested apon them they prophecied and did nought els.
  • Num 27:18-19 : 18 And ye Lorde sayed vnto Moses: take Iosua the sonne of Nun in whom there is spirite and put thyne handes apon hi 19 and set him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion and geue him a charge in their syghte.
  • Matt 23:8 : 8 But ye shall not suffre youre selves to be called Rabi. For one is youre master that is to wyt Christ and all ye are brethre.
  • Acts 1:21 : 21 Wherfore of these me which have copanyed with vs all ye tyme that the Lorde Iesus wet in and out amonge vs
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 and they were all filled with the holy goost and beganne to speake with other tonges even as the sprete gave them vtteraunce.
  • Acts 6:6 : 6 Which they set before the Apostles and they prayed and layde their hondes on them.
  • Acts 9:30 : 30 But when the brethren knew of that they brought hym to cesarea and sent hym forth to Tharsus.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 And they sayde vnto him: Cornelius the captayne a iust man and won that feareth God and of good reporte amonge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell to sende for the into his housse and to heare wordes of the.
  • Acts 13:2-3 : 2 As they mynistred to the Lorde and fasted the holy goost sayde: separate me Barnabas and Saul for ye worke where vnto I have called them. 3 Then fasted they and prayed and put their hondes on them and let them goo.
  • Acts 15:23 : 23 and gave them lettres in their hondes after this maner. The Apostles elders and brethren send gretynges vnto the brethre which are of the gentyls in Antioche Siria and Celicia.
  • Acts 16:2 : 2 Of whom reported well the brethren of Lystra and of Iconium.
  • Acts 22:12 : 12 And one Ananias a perfect man and as pertayninge to the lawe havinge good reporte of all the Iewes which there dwel
  • 1 Cor 12:8 : 8 To one is geven thorow the spirite the vtteraunce of wisdome? To another is geven the vtteraunce of knowledge by ye same sprete.
  • 1 Cor 16:3 : 3 When I am come whosoever ye shall alowe by youre letters them will I sende to bringe youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem.
  • 2 Cor 8:19-21 : 19 and not so only but is also chosen of the congregacions to be a felowe with vs in oure iorney concerninge this benivolence that is ministred by vs vnto the prayse of ye LORde and to stere vp youre prompt mynde. 20 For thys we eschue that eny man shuld rebuke vs in this plenteous distribucion that is ministred by vs 21 and therfore make provision for honest thynges not in the sight of god only but also in the sight of men.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 and be not dronke with wyne wherin is excesse: but be fulfilled with the sprete
  • 1 Tim 3:7-9 : 7 speaker. He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker. 8 Lykwyse must the deacons be honest not double tonged not geve vnto moche drynkinge nether vnto filthy lucre: 9 but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure consciece. 10 And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse. 11 Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges. 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes. 13 For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu. 14 These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the: 15 but and yf I tarie longe yt then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thy silfe in the housse of God which is the congregacion of the livinge God the pillar and grounde of trueth.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and well reported of in good workes: yf she have noresshed children yf she have bene liberall to straugers yf she have wesshed the saynctes fete yf she have ministred vnto them which were in adversite yf she were continually geve vnto all maner good workes.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gyfte and every parfayt gyft is from above and commeth doune fro the father of light with whom is no variablenes nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes.

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    19 and not so only but is also chosen of the congregacions to be a felowe with vs in oure iorney concerninge this benivolence that is ministred by vs vnto the prayse of ye LORde and to stere vp youre prompt mynde.

    20 For thys we eschue that eny man shuld rebuke vs in this plenteous distribucion that is ministred by vs

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  • 6 which bare witnes of thy love before all the congregacion. Which brethren whe thou bryngest forwardes on their iorney (as it besemeth god) thou shalt do well:

  • 10 And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.

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  • 13 brynge therfore men of wisdome and of vnderstondinge and expert knowne amonge youre trybes, that I maye make them ruelars ouer you.

  • 25 It semed therfore to vs a good thinge when we were come to gedder with one accorde to sende chosyn men vnto you with oure beloved Barnabas and Paul

  • 7 with good will servinge ye Lorde and not men.

  • 35 and sayde vnto them: Men of Israel take hede to youre selves what ye entende to do as touchinge these men

  • 7 and all the men were aboute.xii.

  • 8 Then Peter full of ye holy goost sayd vnto them: ye rulars of the people and elders of Israel

  • 4 If ye have iudgementes of worldely matters take them which are despised in ye congregacio and make them iudges.

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  • 22 Then pleased it the Apostles and elders wt the whole congregacio to sende chosyn men of their owne copany to Antioche with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Iudas called also Barsabas and Silas which were chefe men amonge the brethre

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    1 Let men this wyse esteme vs eve as the ministers of Christ and disposers of ye secretes of God.

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  • 16 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: gather vnto me.lxx. of the elders of Ysrael which thou knowest that they are the elders of ye peple and officers ouer them and brynge them vnto the tabernacle of witnesse and let them stonde there with the.

  • 55 But he beynge full of the holy goost loked vp stedfastlye with his eyes into heven and sawe the glorie of God and Iesus stondynge on the ryght honde of God

  • 15 And all that sate in ye counsell loked stedfastly on him and sawe his face as it had bene the face of an angell.

  • 13 And assone as it was daye he called his disciples and of the he chose twelve which also he called apostles.

  • 28 For it semed good to the holy gost and to vs to put no grevous thinge to you more then these necessary thinges:

  • 16 let the Lorde God of the spirites of all flesh sett a man ouer the congregacion

  • 35 and layed yt doune at the Apostles fete. And distribucion was made vnto every man accordinge as he had nede.

  • 23 Do therfore this that we saye to the. We have.iiii. men which have a vowe on them.

  • 7 which was with ye ruler of the countre won Sergius Paulus a prudet man. The same ruler called vnto him Barnabas and Saul and desyred to heare the worde of God.

  • 7 For a bisshoppe must be fautelesse as it be commeth the minister of God: not stubborne not angrye no dronkarde no fyghter not geven to filthy lucre:

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    15 But they comaunded them to go a syde out of the counsell and counceled amoge them selves

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  • 15 And after the lawe and ye Prophetes were redde ye rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them sayinge: Ye men and brethren yf ye have eny sermo to exhorte ye people saye on.

  • 29 Then the disciples every man accordinge to his abilite purposed to sende socoure vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry.

  • 10 And they coulde not resist the wysdome and the sprete with which he spake.

  • 23 And when they had ordened them elders by eleccion in every congregacio after they had yrayde and fasted they comended them to God on whom they beleved.

  • 15 for thou shalt be his witnes vnto all men of tho thinges which thou thou hast sene and hearde.