²⁵ We have ·all [unanimously; with one accord] agreed to choose some ·messengers [^Lmen] and send them to you with our ·dear friends [beloved] Barnabas and Paul— ²⁶ people who have ·given [dedicated; or risked] their lives ·to serve [^Lfor the name of] our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁷ So we are sending Judas and Silas, who will tell you the same things [in person; ^Lthrough word].