And during those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were being neglected in the daily ministration. And the twelve calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing that we, leaving the word of God, serve tables. read more. But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest; and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word. And the word was pleasing before all the multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, the Antiochian proselyte, whom they placed before the apostles, and having prayed, they placed their hands on them.

Therefore indeed, being dispersed abroad, they went everywhere preaching the word: and Philip, having gone down to the city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them,

But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Then indeed, witnessing and speaking the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from the same scripture, preached Jesus to him.

And Philip was found at Azotus: and going through he preached the gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

And he arrived into Derbe and Lystra. And, behold, a certain disciple was there, by name Timothy, the son of a faithful Jewish woman, and a Greek father,

And having sent two of those ministering to him, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, himself spent the time in Asia.

And Sopater the (son) of Pyrrhus, the Berean, and Aristarchus, the Thessalonian, and Secundus; and Gaius the Derbean, and Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus the Asiatics, accompanied him;

Timothy my fellow-laborer salutes you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my consanguinity, salute you.

And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

preach the word: be instant in season and out of season; convict, exhort, rebuke, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure healthy teaching; but according to their own lusts they will heap to themselves teachers itching as to their hearing;

But be thou sober in all things, suffer affliction, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.