²³ So when they had ^(A)appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

^14 (A)Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy ^(B)with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

³ Therefore, brethren, ^(A)seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this ^(B)business;

⁵ And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, ^(A)a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and ^(B)Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and ^(C)Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch,

⁶ whom they set before the apostles; and ^(A)when they had prayed, ^(B)they laid hands on them.