Chapter 15, verses 24-31
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Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment
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it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
28
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
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that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
30
So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
31
When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.
