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with the following letter: From: The emissaries and the elders, your brothers To: The brothers from among the Gentiles throughout Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings!
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We have heard that some people went out from among us without our authorization, and that they have upset you with their talk, unsettling your minds.
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So we have decided unanimously to select men and send them to you with our dear friends Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul,
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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.