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by keeping away from food sacrificed to false gods, from eating bloody meat, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual sins. If you avoid these things, you will be doing what's right. Farewell!
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So the men were sent on their way and arrived in the city of Antioch. They gathered the congregation together and delivered the letter.
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When the people read the letter, they were pleased with the encouragement it brought them.
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Judas and Silas, who were also prophets, spoke a long time to encourage and strengthen the believers.
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After Judas and Silas had stayed in Antioch for some time, the congregation sent them back to Jerusalem with friendly greetings to those who had sent them.
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Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch. They and many others taught people about the Lord's word and spread the Good News.
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After a while Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's go back to every city where we spread the Lord's word. We'll visit the believers to see how they're doing."
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Barnabas wanted to take John Mark along.
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However, Paul didn't think it was right to take a person like him along. John Mark had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to work.
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Paul and Barnabas disagreed so sharply that they parted ways. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed to the island of Cyprus.