Acts 15:28-38

28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29 That ye abstain from meats 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 .
30 So when they were dismissed , they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together , they delivered the epistle:
31 Which when they had read , they rejoiced for the consolation.
32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still .
35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas *, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do .
37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them , who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. consolation: or, exhortation
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