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Acts 6:2The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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προσκαλεσάμενοι δὲ οἱ δώδεκα τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν εἶπαν Οὐκ ἀρεστόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς καταλείψαντας τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ διακονεῖν τραπέζαις·
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Acts 6:2The Bible in Living English
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2 And the Twelve called in the body of disciples and said “It is not desirable that we should leave God’s word and act as bank-tellers.
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Acts 6:2American Standard Version
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2 And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables.
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Acts 6:2The Emphasized Bible
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2 And the Twelve calling near the throng of the disciples said—It doth not seem right that we forsaking the word of God should be ministering unto tables.
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Acts 6:2King James Version
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2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
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Acts Study Notes—Chapter 6New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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right: Lit., “pleasing.” It would not have been pleasing either to God or to the apostles to neglect “the ministry of the word” of God.—Ac 6:4.
to distribute food: Or “to minister; to serve.” The Greek word di·a·ko·neʹo here describes an aspect of the ministry that involves caring materially for needy but deserving fellow believers inside the congregation.—See study note on Ac 6:1, where the related noun di·a·ko·niʹa is rendered “distribution”; see also study note on Lu 8:3.
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