Acts 15:22-29

New King James Version

The Jerusalem Decree

²²Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named ^(A)Barsabas,^[a] and Silas, leading men among the brethren.

²³They wrote this letter by them:

The apostles, the elders, and the brethren,

To the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:

Greetings.

²⁴Since we have heard that ^(B)some who went out from us have troubled you with words, ^(C)unsettling your souls, ^[b]saying, “You must be circumcised and keep the law”—to whom we gave no such commandment— ²⁵it seemed good to us, being assembled with one ^[c]accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, ²⁶^(D)men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁷We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the same things by word of mouth. ²⁸For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: ²⁹^(E)that you abstain from things offered to idols, ^(F)from blood, from things strangled, and from ^(G)sexual^[d] immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.