From the apostles ²  and elders, your brothers, ³  to the Gentile brothers and sisters ⁴  in Antioch, ⁵  Syria, ⁶  and Cilicia, greetings! 15:24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused ⁷  you, upsetting ⁸  your minds ⁹  by what they said, ¹⁰  15:25 we have unanimously ¹¹  decided ¹²  to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul, 15:26 who ¹³  have risked their lives ¹⁴  for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵  15:27 Therefore we are sending ¹⁶  Judas and Silas ¹⁷  who will tell you these things themselves in person. ¹⁸  15:28 For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us ¹⁹  not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules: ²⁰  15:29 that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols ²¹  and from blood and from what has been strangled ²²  and from sexual immorality. ²³  If you keep yourselves from doing these things, ²⁴  you will do well. Farewell. ²⁵