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"Since we have heard that 1some of our number to whom we gavenoinstruction have 2disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,
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3 it seemedgood to us, having become of onemind, to selectmen to send to you with our belovedBarnabas and Paul,
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men who have 4risked their lives for the name of our LordJesusChrist.
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"Therefore we have sent5Judas and 6Silas, who themselves will alsoreport the samethings by word of mouth.
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"For 7it seemedgood to 8the HolySpirit and to 9us to lay upon you nogreaterburdenthantheseessentials:
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that you abstain from 10thingssacrificed to idols and from 11blood and from 12thingsstrangled and from 13fornication; if you keepyourselvesfree from suchthings, you will dowell. Farewell."
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So when they were sentaway, 14they wentdown to Antioch; and having gathered the congregationtogether, they delivered the letter.
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When they had read it, they rejoicedbecause of its encouragement.
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15Judas and 16Silas, alsobeing17prophetsthemselves, encouraged and strengthened18the brethren with a lengthymessage.
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After they had spenttime there, they were sentaway from the brethren19in peace to those who had 20sent them out.