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Acts 15:27-29
New International Version
Acts 15:27-29
New International Version
27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas(A) to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit(B) 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.(C) You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
Acts 15:27-29
King James Version
Acts 15:27-29
King James Version
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
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Acts 15:27-29
English Standard Version
Acts 15:27-29
English Standard Version
27 We have therefore sent (A)Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it has seemed good (B)to the Holy Spirit and (C)to us (D)to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 29 (E)that you abstain from (F)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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Acts 15:27-29
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Acts 15:27-29
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27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the same things 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 (A)that you abstain from things offered to idols, (B)from blood, from things strangled, and from (C)sexual[a] immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.
Farewell.
Footnotes
- Acts 15:29 Or fornication
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