015:017 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.{Amos 9:11-12} 015:018 All his works are known to God from eternity.' 015:019 "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God, 015:020 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. 015:021 For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath." 015:022 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.{The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} 015:023 They wrote these things by their hand: "The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings. 015:024 Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment; 015:025 it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 015:026 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 015:027 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth. 015:028 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things: 015:029 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell." 015:030 So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter. 015:031 When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement. 015:032 Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them. 015:033 After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles. 015:034 {Some manuscripts add: But it seemed good to Silas to stay there.} 015:035 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. 015:036 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."