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Therefore my sentence is that those from among the Gentiles who are converted to God not be troubled,
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but that we write unto them that they abstain from pollutions of idols and
from fornication and
from things strangled and
from blood.
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For Moses of old time has in every city those that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
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Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole
congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas;
namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, principal men among the brethren;
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and they wrote
letters by them after this manner: The apostles and elders and brethren
send greeting unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia;
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forasmuch as we have heard that certain
ones who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying,
Ye must be circumcised and keep the law, to whom we gave no
such commandment,
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it seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell
you the same things by mouth.
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For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
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that ye abstain from foods offered to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.