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Then pleased it the apostlesandelders,with the wholechurch, to sendchosenmenof their own companytoAntiochwithPaulandBarnabas; namely, JudassurnamedBarsabas,andSilas,chiefmenamong the brethren:
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And they wrote letters bythemafter this manner; The apostlesandeldersandbrethren send greeting unto the brethrenwhich are of the GentilesinAntiochandSyriaandCilicia:
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Forasmuch as we have heard, thatcertain which went outfromus have troubledyou with words,subvertingyoursouls,saying, Ye must be circumcised, andkeep the law: to whom we gaveno such commandment:
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It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to sendchosenmenuntoyouwithourbelovedBarnabasandPaul,
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Men that have hazardedtheirlivesfor the name of ourLordJesusChrist.
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We have sentthereforeJudasandSilas,whoshallalsotell you the same thingsbymouth.[a]
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For it seemed good to the HolyGhost,and to us, to lay uponyounogreaterburdenthanthese necessary things;
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That ye abstain from meats offered to idols,and from blood,and from things strangled,and from fornication:fromwhich if ye keepyourselves, ye shall dowell. Fare ye well.
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Sowhen they were dismissed, they cametoAntioch:and when they had gathered the multitudetogether, they delivered the epistle:
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Which when they had read, they rejoicedfor the consolation.[b]
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And JudasandSilas,beingprophetsalsothemselves,exhorted the brethrenwithmanywords,andconfirmed them.
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And after they had tarried there a space, they were let goinpeacefrom the brethrenunto the apostles.
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Notwithstanding it pleasedSilas to abidetherestill.
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PaulalsoandBarnabascontinuedinAntioch,teachingandpreaching the word of the Lord,withmanyothersalso.
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AndsomedaysafterPaulsaiduntoBarnabas*, Let us go again and visitourbrethrenineverycitywherewe have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
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AndBarnabasdetermined to take with themJohn, whose surname wasMark.
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ButPaulthoughtnotgood to takehim with them, whodepartedfromthemfromPamphylia,andwentnot with themto the work.
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And the contentionwas so sharp between them,that they departed asunder one from the other*: and soBarnabastookMark, and saileduntoCyprus;
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AndPaulchoseSilas, and departed, being recommendedby the brethren unto the grace of God.
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And he went throughSyriaandCilicia,confirming the churches.