26. who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27. Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas who will tell you these things themselves in person.
28. For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:
29. that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.
30. So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter.
31. When they read it aloud, the people rejoiced at its encouragement.
32. Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.
33. After they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.
35. But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming (along with many others) the word of the Lord.
36. After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”
37. Barnabas wanted to bring John called Mark along with them too,
38. but Paul insisted that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.