Acts 15:25-41 ▼

25 it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, having chosen men, to send to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

26 men who have given up their souls in behalf of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

27 We have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas; themselves also reporting the same things to you by word of mouth.

28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

29 that ye abstain from idol-sacrifices, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well."

30 So they being dismissed came down to Antioch; and, having assembled the multitude, they delivered the letter.

31 And, having read it , they rejoiced at the consolation.

32 And Judas and Silas, themselves also being prophets, exhorted the brethren in many words, and confirmed them.

33 And, having spent a time there , they were sent away with peace from the brethren to those who had sent them.

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35 But Paul and Barnabas tarried in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming, with many others also, the good tidings of the word of the Lord.

36 And, after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "Turning about, let us visit the brethren in every city, in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing."

37 And Barnabas was desiring to take with them John also, who was called Mark.

38 But Paul was not thinking it proper to take him with them, who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

39 And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted one from the other; and Barnabas, taking with him Mark, sailed away to Cyprus.

40 And Paul, haring chosen Silas, went forth, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.

41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.