Acts 15:17-27

17 that the remnant^[a] of mankind ¹may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles ²who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things

18 ³known from of old.'

19 Therefore ⁴my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who ⁵turn to God,

20 but should write to them ⁶to abstain from ⁷the things polluted by idols, and from ⁸sexual immorality, and from ⁹what has been strangled, and from ¹⁰blood.

21 For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, ¹¹for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues."

The Council's Letter to Gentile Believers

22 Then it seemed good to ¹²the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called ¹³Barsabbas, and ¹⁴Silas, leading men among ¹⁵the brothers,

23 with the following letter: ¹⁶"The brothers, both ¹⁷the apostles and the elders, to the brothers^[b] who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, ¹⁸greetings.

24 Since we have heard that ¹⁹some persons have gone out from us and ²⁰troubled you^[c] with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,

25 it has seemed good to us, having come ²¹to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our ²²beloved Barnabas and Paul,

26 ²³men who have ²⁴risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.

27 We have therefore sent ²⁵Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.