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who have dedicated their lives to upholding the name of our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
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So we have sent Y'hudah and Sila, and they will confirm in person what we are writing.
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For it seemed good to the Ruach HaKodesh and to us not to lay any heavier burden on you than the following requirements:
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to abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from fornication. If you keep yourselves from these, you will be doing the right thing. Shalom!
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The messengers were sent off and went to Antioch, where they gathered the group together and delivered the letter.
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After reading it, the people were delighted by its encouragement.
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Y'hudah and Sila, who were also prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
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After they had spent some time there, they were sent off with a greeting of "Shalom!" from the brothers to those who had sent them.
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But Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba stayed in Antioch, where they and many others taught and proclaimed the Good News of the message about the Lord.
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After some time, Sha'ul said to Bar-Nabba, "Let's go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we proclaimed the message about the Lord, and see how they're doing."