Living_Oracles(i)
22 Then it seemed good to the Apostles and elders, and all the congregation, to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, chosen men from among themselves, namely, Judas, surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, men of principal account among the brethren;
23 writing by their hands these things: The Apostles, and elders, and brethren, to the brethren from among the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, greeting:
24 Forasmuch as we have been informed that, some going out from among us, to whom we gave no commission, have troubled you with discourses, unsettling your minds, saying, that you must be circumcised, and keep the law:
25 we, being unanimously assembled, have thought proper to send you chosen men, with out beloved Barnabas and Paul;
26 men that have exposed their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We have, therefore, sent Judas and Silas, who will also tell you by word of mouth, the same things.
28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to impose no further burden upon you besides these necessary things;
29 that you abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from anything strangled, and from fornication: from which you will do well to keep yourselves. Farewell.