The apostles and elders, your brothers,

To the Gentile believers in Antioch,^(D) Syria^(E) and Cilicia:^(F)

Greetings.^(G)

²⁴ We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said.^{(H) 25} So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— ²⁶ men who have risked their lives^(I) for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁷ Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas^(J) to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. ²⁸ It seemed good to the Holy Spirit^(K) and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: ²⁹ You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.^(L) You will do well to avoid these things.

Farewell.