Acts 15:22-29 - The Letter From The Council
22 Then the apostles, the presbyters, and the whole church thought it proper to select some out of their own body to accompany Paul and Barnabas to Antioch: such as Judas surnam'd Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren, 23 whom they charg'd with this letter. The apostles, the presbyters, and the brethren, to the Gentile brethren at Antioch, in Syria, and Cilicia, send greeting.
24 Whereas we have been appriz'd, that some who went from us, have embarass'd you with their discourse, and unsettled your minds, maintaining, that you ought to be circumcised, and to observe the law, though we gave them no such injunction: after having been assembled, 25 we unanimously judg'd it proper to send particular deputies to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 men that have exposed their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 we therefore send Judas and Silas to inform you in person of this affair. 28 for by the holy spirit it seemed good to us, to lay no greater burthen upon you, than these necessary injunctions; 29 that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the flesh of strangled animals, and from fornication: you will do well to preserve your selves from these practices. farewel.