^{22 Ref} Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; `namely', Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

^{23 Ref} and they wrote `thus' by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

^{24 Ref} Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;

^{25 Ref} it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

^{26 Ref} men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

^{27 Ref} We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also shall tell you the same things by word of mouth.

^{28 Ref} For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

^{29 Ref} that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.

^{30 Ref} So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle.