Acts 6:4 Cross References - MLV

⁴ But we will be persevering in prayer and in the service of the word.

¹⁴ All these men together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and together with his brethren were persevering, united in prayer and supplication.

⁴² Now they were persevering in the apostles’teaching and in fellowship and in the breaking of the bread and in prayers.

² Now while ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate^*\'b0 Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them. ³ Then having fasted and prayed and having laid their hands on them, they dismissed them.

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility and from many tears, and from tests which befell me among the pacts of the Jews; ²⁰ how I did not retreat back in anything of what is advantageous for you, proclaiming and teaching you in public and in every house, ²¹ thoroughly testifying both to Jews and to Greeks the repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus. ²² And now, behold, I travel to Jerusalem, having been bound in the spirit, not knowing the things which will be meeting with me there, ²³ except that the Holy Spirit is thoroughly testifying to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions are remaining for me. ²⁴ But I make account of nothing, nor am I holding my life as precious to myself, as I desire to complete my course with joy, and the service which I received from the Lord Jesus, to thoroughly testify the good-news of the favor of God. ²⁵ And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went through preaching the kingdom of God, will be seeing my face no more, ²⁶ because I testify to you on this very day, that I am clean from the blood of all men. ²⁷ For I did not retreat back from proclaiming to you the whole plan of God. ²⁸ Therefore, take-heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the congregation of the Lord and God, which the Lord acquired through his own blood. ²⁹ I know this: after my goodbye, cruel wolves will be entering into you, not sparing the flock; ³⁰ and men will be standing up from among yourselves, speaking perverse things, to pull away the disciples after themselves. ³¹ Hence watch, remembering that for three years I ceased not from admonishing each one of you^\'b0 every day with tears.

⁹ For God is my witness, to whom I am giving-divine service in my spirit in the good-news of his Son, as I constantly make a remembrance of you.

⁶ Now having assorted gifts according to the grace which was given to us; if prophecy, then prophesy according to the analogy of the faith; ⁷ if service, in the service; if he who is teaching, in the teaching; ⁸ if he who is encouraging, in the encouragement; he who is giving, in liberality; he who is governing, do in diligence; he who is showing-mercy to others, do with joyfulness.

¹⁶ For if I proclaim the good-news, it is not boasting to me; for necessity is laid upon me, but woe is to me, if I, myself, do not proclaim the good-news.

¹⁵ Because of this, I, also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is in you and the love which you have toward all the holy-ones, ¹⁶ am not ceasing giving-thanks on your behalf, making a remembrance of you in my prayers; ¹⁷ in order that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him,

¹⁴ Because of this, I am bowing my knees to the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ from whom every family in the heavens and upon the earth is named, ¹⁶ in order that he may give to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be powerful with his power, through his Spirit in the inward man; ¹⁷ for the Christ to dwell in your hearts through the faith, ¹⁸ having been rooted and having been founded in love, in order that you may have strength to grab, together with all the holy-ones, of what is the width and length and depth and height, ¹⁹ and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled to all the fullness of God.
²⁰ Now to the one who is able to do, exceptionally beyond all things, what we are asking or are perceiving, according to the power which is working in us, ²¹ the glory is to him in the congregation in Christ Jesus to all generations forevermore. Amen.

⁴ always in my every supplication on behalf of all of you, making the supplication with joy,

⁹ And I am praying for this: in order that your love may abound still more and more in full knowledge and all comprehension; ¹⁰ that you may approve the things which are carrying more-value; in order that you may be sincere and guilt-free in the day of Christ; ¹¹ having been filled with the fruits of righteousness, which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

⁹ Because of this, we also do not cease praying and asking on your behalf from the day we heard it, in order that you may be filled with the full knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and intelligence, ¹⁰ for you to walk worthy of the Lord for pleasing him in everything, bearing-fruit in every good work and growing into the full knowledge of God; ¹¹ being empowered in all power, according to the dominion of his glory, for all endurance and patience with joy, ¹² giving-thanks to the Father, who made us sufficient for the part of the inheritance of the holy-ones in the light. ¹³ He rescued us out of the authority of darkness and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

¹ For I wish you to know how-vast a struggle I have concerning you and those in Laodicea and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

¹² Epaphras, a bondservant of Christ, the one from you, greets you. He is always fighting on your behalf in his prayers, in order that you might stand complete and having been fulfilled in all the will of God.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus, Beware that the service which you have received in the Lord, that you should fulfill it.

¹³ Until I come, take-heed to the public-reading, to the encouragement, to the teaching. ¹⁴ Do not neglect the gift which is in you, which was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. ¹⁵ Meditate on these things; be diligent in them; in order that your progress may be apparent to all. ¹⁶ Take-heed to yourself and to the teaching. Abide in these things; for while practicing this, you will be saving both yourself and those who hear you.

² Preach the word. Stand-ready opportunely and inopportunely. Reprove, rebuke and encourage in all patience and teaching.