Acts 6:3-6

3 aTherefore, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters
pick out from among you seven men cof good repute, dfull of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
4But ewe will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” 5And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, fa man full of faith and gof the Holy Spirit, and hPhilip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, ia proselyte of Antioch. 6These they set before the apostles, and jthey prayed and klaid their hands on them.

Philippians 1:1

Greeting

1Paul and Timothy, servants
Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
of Christ Jesus,

To all the msaints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the noverseers
Or bishops; Greek episkopoi
and pdeacons:
Or servants, or ministers; Greek diakonoi


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