Acts:15:23-41
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And they wrote letters by them after this manner ;
The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia :
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Forasmuch as we have heard ,
that certain 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 :
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It seemed good unto us ,
being assembled with one accord ,
to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul ,
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Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ .
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We have sent therefore Judas and Silas ,
who shall also tell you the same things by mouth .
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For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost ,
and to us ,
to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things ;
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That ye abstain from meats offered to idols ,
and from blood ,
and from things strangled ,
and from fornication :
from which if ye keep yourselves ,
ye shall do well .
Fare ye well .
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So when they were dismissed ,
they came to Antioch :
and when they had gathered the multitude together ,
they delivered the epistle :
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Which when they had read ,
they rejoiced for the consolation .
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And Judas and Silas ,
being prophets also themselves ,
exhorted the brethren with many words ,
and confirmed them .
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And after they had tarried there a space ,
they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles .
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Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still .
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Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch ,
teaching and preaching the word of the Lord ,
with many others also .
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And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas ,
Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord ,
and see how they do .
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And Barnabas determined to take with them John ,
whose surname was Mark .
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But Paul thought not good to take him with them ,
who departed from them from Pamphylia ,
and went not with them to the work .
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And the contention was so sharp between them ,
that they departed asunder one from the other :
and so Barnabas took Mark ,
and sailed unto Cyprus ;
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And Paul chose Silas ,
and departed ,
being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God .
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And he went through Syria and Cilicia ,
confirming the churches .
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