Acts 15:13-21

13When they had finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me.

14Simeon (Simon Peter) has described how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name [to honor Him and be identified with Him].

15The words of the Prophets agree with this, just as it is written [in Scripture],

16‘After these things I will return, And I will rebuild the tent of David which has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, And I will restore it,

17So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the Gentiles upon whom My name has been invoked,’

18Says the Lord, Who has been making these things known from long ago.

19Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble and make it difficult for those who are turning to God among the Gentiles [by putting obstacles in their way],

20but that we write to them that they are to abstain from anything that has been contaminated by [being offered to] idols and from sexual impurity and from [eating the meat of] what has been strangled and from [the consumption of] blood.

21For from ancient generations [the writing of] Moses has been preached in every city, since he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath.”