Acts 15:22-33

New American Standard Bible

²²Then it seemed good to ^(A)the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to ^(B)Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas who was called Barsabbas, and ^(C)Silas, leading men among ^(D)the brothers, ²³and they ^[a]sent this letter with them:

“^(E)The apostles and the brothers who are elders, to ^(F)the brothers and sisters in ^(G)Antioch, ^(H)Syria, and ^(I)Cilicia who are from the Gentiles: ^(J)Greetings.

²⁴Since we have heard that ^(K)some ^[b]of our number to whom we gave no instruction have ^(L)confused you by their ^[c]teaching, upsetting your souls, ²⁵^(M)it seemed good to us, having ^[d]become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, ²⁶men who have ^[e]^(N)risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁷Therefore, we have sent ^(O)Judas and ^(P)Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth. ²⁸For ^(Q)it seemed good to ^(R)the Holy Spirit and to ^(S)us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials: ²⁹that you abstain from ^(T)things sacrificed to idols, from ^(U)blood, from ^(V)things strangled, and from ^(W)acts of sexual immorality; ^[f]if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”

³⁰So when they were sent away, ^(X)they went down to Antioch; and after gathering the ^[g]congregation together, they delivered the letter. ³¹When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its ^[h]encouragement. ³²^(Y)Judas and ^(Z)Silas, also being ^(AA)prophets themselves, ^[i]encouraged and strengthened ^(AB)the brothers and sisters with a lengthy message. ³³After they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brothers and sisters ^(AC)in peace to those who had ^(AD)sent them out.^[j]