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We've sent them to confirm in a face-to-face meeting with you what we've written.
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It seemed to the Holy Spirit and to us that you should not be saddled with any crushing burden, but be responsible only for these bare necessities:
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Be careful not to get involved in activities connected with idols; avoid serving food offensive to Jewish Christians (blood, for instance); and guard the morality of sex and marriage. These guidelines are sufficient to keep relations congenial between us. And God be with you! Barnabas and Paul Go Their Separate Ways
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And so off they went to Antioch. On arrival, they gathered the church and read the letter.
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The people were greatly relieved and pleased.
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Judas and Silas, good preachers both of them, strengthened their new friends with many words of courage and hope.
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Then it was time to go home. They were sent off by their new friends with laughter and embraces all around to report back to those who had sent them.
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Paul and Barnabas stayed on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the Word of God. But they weren't alone. There were a number of teachers and preachers at that time in Antioch.
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After a few days of this, Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's go back and visit all our friends in each of the towns where we preached the Word of God. Let's see how they're doing."
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Barnabas wanted to take John along, the John nicknamed Mark.