Acts 15:31

31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message.

Acts 15:31 in Other Translations

KJV
31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
ESV
31 And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.
NLT
31 And there was great joy throughout the church that day as they read this encouraging message.
MSG
31 The people were greatly relieved and pleased.
CSB
31 When they read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

Acts 15:31 In-Context

29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. FAREWELL.
30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter.
31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message.
32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers.
33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them.
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