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Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain 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 to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to 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 will 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 things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from lewdness: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye will do well. Fare ye well.
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So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had convened the multitude, they delivered the epistle.
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[Which] when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
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And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed [them].
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And after they had tarried [there] a time, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren to the apostles.
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Notwithstanding, it pleased Silas to abide there still.