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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 sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.
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So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle.
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And when they had read it, they rejoiced for the consolation.
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And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
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And after they had spent some time [there], they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.
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[But it seemed good unto Silas to abide there.]
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But Paul and Barnabas tarried in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
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And after some days Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city wherein we proclaimed the word of the Lord, [and see] how they fare.
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And Barnabas was minded to take with them John also, who was called Mark.
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But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.