17so that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles—the ones, that is, upon whom my name has been called—says the Lord who does all these things.’
18All His works are known to God from eternity.
19Therefore I judge that we should not create difficulty for those who are turning to God from among the ethnic nations,
20but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from fornication, from what is strangled, and from blood.
21For from ancient generations Moses has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”
22Then it pleased the apostles and the elders, with the whole congregation, to send chosen men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas (the one called Barsabas) and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
23They wrote by their hand the following: “The apostles and the elders and the brothers, to the Gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.