Acts 6:2

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him."

No soldier in active service gets entangled in civilian affairs, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

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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.

What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him."

No soldier in active service gets entangled in civilian affairs, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

The apostles and the elders came together to consider this matter.