26. men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27. We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
28. For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
29. that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
30. So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
31. When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.
32. Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
33. After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.
35. But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36. After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
37. Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.
38. But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.
39. Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away to Cyprus,