[6:1] Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.
[6:2] And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.
[6:3] Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
[6:4] But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
[6:5] And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
[6:6] These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.
[6:7] And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.