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This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,
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'After these things I will return. I will again build the tent of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up:
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That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.
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All his works are known to God from eternity.'
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"Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
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but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.
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For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
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Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.
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They wrote these things by their hand: "The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: greetings.
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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,