25. we have with one accord decided to choose representatives and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26. who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27. So we are sending Judas and Silas who will also convey this same message by word of mouth:
28. ‘It is the decision of the holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities,
29. namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats of strangled animals, and from unlawful marriage. If you keep free of these, you will be doing what is right. Farewell.’”
30. And so they were sent on their journey. Upon their arrival in Antioch they called the assembly together and delivered the letter.
31. When the people read it, they were delighted with the exhortation.
32. Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, exhorted and strengthened the brothers with many words.
33. After they had spent some time there, they were sent off with greetings of peace from the brothers to those who had commissioned them. [
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