Acts 15:22-29 - The Letter From The Council
22 Then the apostles and elders in cooperation with the whole church passed a resolution to select and send some men of their number with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. These were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers. 23 They sent this letter by them: "The apostles and elders as brothers send greeting to the brothers from among the heathen in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.
24 As we have heard that some of our number have disturbed you by their teaching, by continuing to unsettle your minds, 25 we have passed a unanimous resolution to select and send messengers to you with our beloved brothers Barnabas and Paul, 26 who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 So we send Judas and Silas to you, to bring you the same message by word of mouth. 28 For the Holy Spirit and we have decided not to lay upon you any burden but these essential requirements, 29 that you abstain from everything that is offered to idols, from tasting blood, from the meat of animals that have been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves free from these things, you will prosper. Good-by."