TOPICAL BIBLE
Deacon
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Matthew 23:11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.Mark 10:43But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister;John 12:26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.Acts 6:1Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.Acts 6:2And 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.Acts 6:3Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.Acts 6:4But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.Acts 6:5And the saying 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;Acts 6:6whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.1 Thessalonians 3:2and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;1 Timothy 3:8Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;1 Timothy 3:9holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.1 Timothy 3:10And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.1 Timothy 3:11Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.1 Timothy 3:12Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.1 Timothy 3:13For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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