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Then it seemed good to ^(ar)the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to ^(as)Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas called Barsabbas, and ^(at)Silas, leading men among ^(au)the brethren,

and they ^[l]sent this letter by them, "^(av)The apostles and the brethren who are elders, to ^(aw)the brethren in ^(ax)Antioch and ^(ay)Syria and ^(az)Cilicia who are from the Gentiles, ^(ba)greetings.

"Since we have heard that ^(bb)some ^[m]of our number to whom we gave no instruction have ^(bc)disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

^(bd)it seemed good to us, having ^[n]become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

men who have ^[o](be)risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

"Therefore we have sent ^(bf)Judas and ^(bg)Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth.

"For ^(bh)it seemed good to ^(bi)the Holy Spirit and to ^(bj)us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

that you abstain from ^(bk)things sacrificed to idols and from ^(bl)blood and from ^(bm)things strangled and from ^(bn)fornication; ^[p]if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell."