Acts 15:19-24

19Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,

20but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.

21For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues."

22Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers,

23with the following letter: "The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.

24Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,