14 Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.
15 The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written,
16 ‘After this I will return,and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David;I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,
17 so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord,namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,’ says the Lord, who makes these things
18 known from long ago.
19 “Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,
20 but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.