Acts 6:4
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
KJV
ἡμεῖς δὲ τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ διακονίᾳ τοῦ λόγου προσκαρτερήσομεν.
Greek NT
Nos vero orationi et ministerio verbi instantes erimus.
Vulgate
But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.
ASV
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διακονία
diakonia
noun · 34×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
προσευχή
proseuche
noun · 36×
προσκαρτερέω
proskartereo
verb · 10×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210232.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 4:13 — Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
- 1Tim 4:13 — Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
- 1Tim 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
- 1Tim 4:16 — Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
- 2Tim 4:2 — Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
- Acts 1:14 — These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
- Acts 1:14 — These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
- Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
- Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
- Acts 13:2 — As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
- Col 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
- Eph 3:14 — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Eph 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
- Matt 14:23 — And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
- Matt 18:19 — Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
- Phil 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- Rom 1:9 — For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
- Rom 12:12 — Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;