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 that we write unto them, that they abstain from defilements of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

And concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, except only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication.

For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, You shall eat the blood of no kind of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eats it shall be cut off.

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteems anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

If ye

And when I was present with you, and in want, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.

Pure religion and undefiled before God the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

But you, beloved, building up yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

Fare

But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that comes in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God wills. And he sailed from Ephesus.

And when it was told me that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent immediately to you, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before you what they had against him. Farewell.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow you; but let me first go bid them farewell, who are at home at my house.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be restored, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

General references

Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it upon the earth as water.