The Jerusalem Council

15 ^(A)But some men came down from Judea and were teaching ^(B)the brothers, “Unless you are ^(C)circumcised ^(D)according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” ² And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and ^(E)debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and ^(F)some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to ^(G)the apostles and the elders about this question.

¹⁹ Therefore ^(A)my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who ^(B)turn to God, ²⁰ but should write to them ^(C)to abstain from ^(D)the things polluted by idols, and from ^(E)sexual immorality, and from ^(F)what has been strangled, and from ^(G)blood.

²⁸ For it has seemed good ^(A)to the Holy Spirit and ^(B)to us ^(C)to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: ^29 (D)that you abstain from ^(E)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.”