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Acts 15:28-30
1599 Geneva Bible
Acts 15:28-30
1599 Geneva Bible
28 [a]For it seemed good to the [b]holy Ghost, and [c]to us, to lay no more burden upon you, than these [d]necessary things.
29 [e]That is, that ye abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and that that is strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
30 [f]Now when they were departed, they came to Antioch, and after that they had assembled the multitude, they delivered the Epistle,
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- Acts 15:28 That is, a lawful Council, which the holy Ghost ruleth.
- Acts 15:28 First they made mention of the holy Ghost, that it may not seem to be any man’s work.
- Acts 15:28 Not that men have any authority of themselves, but to show the faithfulness that they used in their ministry and labor.
- Acts 15:28 This was no precise necessity, but in respect of the state of that time, that the Gentiles and the Jews might more peaceably live together with less occasion of quarrel.
- Acts 15:29 Charity is required even in things indifferent.
- Acts 15:30 It is requisite for all people to know certainly what to hold in matters of faith and religion, and not that the Church by ignorance and knowing nothing, should depend upon the pleasure of a few.
Acts 15:28-30
New International Version
Acts 15:28-30
New International Version
28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit(A) and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.(B) You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter.
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