²³ When ^(A)they had appointed ^(B)elders for them in every church, having ^(C)prayed with fasting, they ^(D)commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

² And when Paul and Barnabas had ^[a]great dissension and ^(A)debate with them, ^(B)the brethren determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the ^(C)apostles and elders concerning this issue.

²³ and they ^[a]sent this letter by them,

Farewell to Ephesus

¹⁷ From Miletus he sent to ^(A)Ephesus and called to him ^(B)the elders of the church.

²⁸ Be on guard for yourselves and for all ^(A)the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you ^[a]overseers, to shepherd ^(B)the church of God which ^(C)He ^[b]purchased ^[c]with His own blood.