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18 He is the one who will do these things that have always been known!’

19 “So I’ve decided that we shouldn’t trouble non-Jewish people who are turning to God. 20 Instead, we should write a letter telling them to keep away from things polluted by false gods, from sexual sins, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from eating bloody meat.

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18     things known from long ago.[a](A)

19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols,(B) from sexual immorality,(C) from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:18 Some manuscripts things’— / 18 the Lord’s work is known to him from long ago