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butδὲweἡμεῖςwill devote ourselvesπροσκαρτερήσομενto prayerτῇ προσευχῇandκαὶto the serviceτῇ διακονίᾳof the word.”τοῦ λόγου
Acts 6:4
Study it in the app“but we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the word.””
The neglected widows are cared for and seven are chosen for itThe Church and Community
With the Greek beneath
Acts 6:4, word by word
- will devote ourselvesπροσκαρτερήσομενproskarterēsomen
persevere
To keep at something day after day, without giving it up.
Where else “proskarterēsomen” appears- to prayerπροσευχῇproseuchēi
prayer
Talking with God, asking him.
Where else “proseuchēi” appears- to the serviceδιακονίᾳdiakoniai
service
One's task in God's work.
Where else “diakoniai” appears- of the wordλόγουlogou
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logou” appears
The context
3So, brothers, select from among you seven men of good testimony, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this task;
4 · This verse (above)
5And the matter pleased the whole multitude, 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,
To study Acts 6 in a group
1. What it says
What complaint arose among the disciples, and whom did they choose to handle it? (vv. 1-6)
2. What it means
Why did the apostles prefer to give themselves to prayer and the word, and entrust the serving to others? (vv. 2-4)
3. How I live it
In this story some people were being overlooked. Whom in your family or community could you pay closer attention to?