Acts 15:23-29

23and they 1sent this letter by them, “2The apostles and the brethren who are elders, to 3the brethren in 4Antioch and 5Syria and 6Cilicia who are from the Gentiles, 7greetings. 24Since we have heard that 8some 9of our number to whom we gave no instruction have 10disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls, 2511it seemed good to us, having 12become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26men who have 1314risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27Therefore we have sent 15Judas and 16Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth. 28For 17it seemed good to 18the Holy Spirit and to 19us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials: 29that you abstain from 20things sacrificed to idols and from 21blood and from 22things strangled and from 23fornication; 24if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”