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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.