25 it has seemed good to us, having come (A)to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our (B)beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 (C)men who have (D)risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have therefore sent (E)Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it has seemed good (F)to the Holy Spirit and (G)to us (H)to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 29 (I)that you abstain from (J)what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”

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