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And they wrote letters bythemafter this manner; The apostlesandeldersandbrethren send greeting unto the brethrenwhich are of the GentilesinAntiochandSyriaandCilicia:
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Forasmuch as we have heard, thatcertain which went outfromus have troubledyou with words,subvertingyoursouls,saying, Ye must be circumcised, andkeep the law: to whom we gaveno such commandment:
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It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to sendchosenmenuntoyouwithourbelovedBarnabasandPaul,
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Men that have hazardedtheirlivesfor the name of ourLordJesusChrist.
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We have sentthereforeJudasandSilas,whoshallalsotell you the same thingsbymouth.[a]
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For it seemed good to the HolyGhost,and to us, to lay uponyounogreaterburdenthanthese necessary things;
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That ye abstain from meats offered to idols,and from blood,and from things strangled,and from fornication:fromwhich if ye keepyourselves, ye shall dowell. Fare ye well.
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Sowhen they were dismissed, they cametoAntioch:and when they had gathered the multitudetogether, they delivered the epistle:
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Which when they had read, they rejoicedfor the consolation.[b]
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And JudasandSilas,beingprophetsalsothemselves,exhorted the brethrenwithmanywords,andconfirmed them.
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And after they had tarried there a space, they were let goinpeacefrom the brethrenunto the apostles.