Acts 15:22–32

²²Then pleased it the apostles and ^telders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to ^uAntioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed ^xBarsabas, and ^ySilas, ^zchief men among ^athe brethren: ²³And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and ^telders and ^abrethren ^bsend greeting unto the ^abrethren which are of the Gentiles in ^uAntioch and ^cSyria and ^cdCilicia: ²⁴Forasmuch as we have heard, that ^ecertain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: ^25fIt seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, ²⁶Men ^gthat have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁷We have sent therefore ^hJudas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by ^†mouth. ²⁸For ^fiit seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; ²⁹That ye abstain from ^kmeats offered to idols, and from ^lblood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. ^mFare ye well.

³⁰So when they were dismissed, they came to ⁿAntioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: ³¹Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the ^||consolation. ³²And ^hJudas and Silas, being ^oprophets also themselves, ^pexhorted the brethren with many words, and ^qconfirmed them.