Acts 15:26-32

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

²⁷We are accordingly sending Judas and Silas, and they will tell you by word of mouth what we are now writing.

²⁸We have, therefore, decided, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to lay no further burden on you beyond these necessary conditions —

²⁹That you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating the flesh of strangled animals, and from impurity. If you guard yourselves against such things, it will be well with you. Farewell.’

³⁰So the bearers of this letter were sent on their way, and went down to Antioch. There they called a meeting of all the followers,

³¹and delivered the letter, the reading of which caused great rejoicing by its encouraging contents.

³²Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, further encouraged the them by many an address, and strengthened their faith.