2. So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program.
3. And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility.
4. Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word.”
5. Everyone liked this idea, and they chose the following: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (an earlier convert to the Jewish faith).