²²Then the apostles and elders,^o with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch^p with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas,^q 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,^r Syria^s and Cilicia:^t

Greetings.^u

²⁴We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said.^v ²⁵So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul—²⁶men who have risked their lives^w for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁷Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas^x to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. ²⁸It seemed good to the Holy Spirit^y and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: ²⁹You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.^z You will do well to avoid these things.

Farewell.

³⁰So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. ³¹The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. ³²Judas and Silas,^a who themselves were prophets,^b said much to encourage and strengthen the believers.

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Cross references

oSee Ac 11:30
pSee Ac 11:19
qver 27, 32, 40; Ac 16:19, 25, 29; 2 Co 1:19; 1 Th 1:1; 2 Th 1:1; 1 Pe 5:12
rver 1; See Ac 11:19
sSee Lk 2:2
tver 41; See Ac 6:9
u Ac 23:25, 26; Jas 1:1
vver 1; Gal 1:7; 5:10
w Ac 9:23–25; 14:19; 1 Co 15:30
xSee ver 22
y Ac 5:32
zver 20; Ac 21:25
aSee ver 22
bSee Ac 11:27