Acts:15:23-
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And they wrote (
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letters by them after this manner ;
The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting (
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unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia :
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Forasmuch as we have heard (
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that certain which went out (
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from us have troubled (
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you with words ,
subverting (
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your souls ,
saying (
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Ye must be circumcised (
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and keep (
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the law :
to whom we gave no such commandment (
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It seemed good (
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unto us ,
being assembled (
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with one accord ,
to send (
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chosen (
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men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul ,
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Men that have hazarded (
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their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ .
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We have sent (
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therefore Judas and Silas ,
who shall also tell (
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you the same things by mouth .
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For it seemed good (
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to the Holy Ghost ,
and to us ,
to lay upon (
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you no greater burden than these necessary things ;
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That ye abstain (
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from meats offered to idols ,
and from blood ,
and from things strangled ,
and from fornication :
from which if ye keep (
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yourselves ,
ye shall do (
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well .
Fare ye well (
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So when they were dismissed (
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they came (
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to Antioch :
and when they had gathered the multitude together (
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they delivered (
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the epistle :
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Which when they had read (
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they rejoiced (
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for the consolation .
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And Judas and Silas ,
being (
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prophets also themselves ,
exhorted (
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the brethren with many words ,
and confirmed (
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them .
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And after they had tarried (
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there a space ,
they were let go (
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in peace from the brethren unto the apostles .
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Notwithstanding it pleased (
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Silas to abide there still (
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Paul also and Barnabas continued (
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in Antioch ,
teaching (
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and preaching (
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the word of the Lord ,
with many others also .
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And some days after Paul said (
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unto Barnabas ,
Let us go again (
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and visit (
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our brethren in every city where we have preached (
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the word of the Lord ,
and see how they do (
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And Barnabas determined (
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to take with them (
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John ,
whose surname was (
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Mark .
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But Paul thought not good (
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to take him with them (
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who departed (
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from them from Pamphylia ,
and went (
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not with them to the work .
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And the contention was (
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so sharp between them ,
that they departed asunder (
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one from the other :
and so Barnabas took (
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Mark ,
and sailed (
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unto Cyprus ;
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And Paul chose (
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Silas ,
and departed (
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being recommended (
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by the brethren unto the grace of God .
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And he went through (
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Syria and Cilicia ,
confirming (
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the churches .