Acts 15:19-27

¹⁹Therefore I judge that we must not cause trouble for those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles;

²⁰but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.

²¹For Moses has had from ancient generations those who proclaim him in each city, being read in the synagogues from one Sabbath to another.”

²²Then it seemed best to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men being chosen from them to Antioch, together with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.

²³Writing by their hand these things: The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia who are of the Gentiles: Greetings.

²⁴Inasmuch as we have heard that some went out from among us and troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, “that you must be circumcised and keep the law”—to whom we gave no such command—

²⁵it seemed best to us, being like-minded, to send chosen men to you, with our beloved brothers Barnabas and Paul,

²⁶men who have risked their lives for the sake of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁷We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.