Acts 15:19-23

King James Version

¹⁹Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

²⁰But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

²¹For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

²²Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

²³And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

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Acts 15:19-23

New International Version

¹⁹“It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. ²⁰Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols,^(A) from sexual immorality,^(B) from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.^(C) ²¹For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”^(D)

The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers

²²Then the apostles and elders,^(E) with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch^(F) with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas,^(G) men who were leaders among the believers. ²³With them they sent the following letter:

The apostles and elders, your brothers,

To the Gentile believers in Antioch,^(H) Syria^(I) and Cilicia:^(J)

Greetings.^(K)

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