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18 That is what the Lord says, who reveals his plans made from the beginning.

19 “And so my judgment is that we should not insist that the Gentiles who turn to God must obey our Jewish laws, 20 except that we should write to them to refrain from eating meat sacrificed to idols, from all fornication, and also from eating unbled meat of strangled animals.

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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