Acts 15:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Ye abstain

If ye

Jude 1:20

Fare

General references

Deuteronomy 12:16

Bible References

Ye abstain

but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from blood.

With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.

(I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.)

Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in what is offered on the altar?

But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

If ye

When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.

Don’t be too quick to appoint

anyone as an elder, and don’t share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit,

Fare

but he said good-bye and stated, “I’ll come back to you again, if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man,

I sent him to you right away. I also ordered his accusers to state their case against him in your presence.

Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.”

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Become mature, be encouraged, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

General references

but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.