24 We have heard that some men have come to you from our group. What they said troubled and upset you. But we did not tell them to do this.
25 We have all agreed to choose some men and send them to you. They will be with our dear friends, Barnabas and Paul.
26 Barnabas and Paul have given their lives to serve our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 So we have sent Judas and Silas with them. They will tell you the same things.
28 We agree with the Holy Spirit that you should have no more burdens, except for these necessary things:
29 Don’t eat food that has been given to idols. Don’t eat meat from animals that have been strangled or any meat that still has the blood in it. Don’t be involved in sexual sin. If you stay away from these, you will do well. We say goodbye now.
30 So Paul, Barnabas, Judas, and Silas left Jerusalem and went to Antioch. There they gathered the group of believers together and gave them the letter.