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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 mitzvah;
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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 Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul,
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men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
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We have sent therefore Yehudah and Sila, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
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For it seemed good to the Ruach HaKodesh, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
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that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell."
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So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
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When they had read it, they rejoiced for the consolation.
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Yehudah and Sila, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
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After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.