The Letter to the Gentile Believers
22 Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.
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They wrote this letter to be delivered by them: From the apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers from among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
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Because we have heard that some to whom we gave no authorization went out from us and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,
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we have unanimously decided to select men and send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who will personally report the same things by word of mouth.
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For it was the Holy Spirit's decision-and ours-to put no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
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that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these things, you will do well. Farewell.