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Acts 15:29

Purity

27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

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BSB
You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
KJV
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
WEB
that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell.
BLB
to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. Keeping yourselves from these, you⁺ will do well. Farewell.
ÅB
at dere avholder dere fra avgudsoffer og blod og det som er kvalt, og hor; dersom dere vokter dere for disse ting, vil det gå dere vel. Lev vel!
OTB
Dere skal avstå fra mat ofret til avguder, fra blod, fra kjøtt av kvalte dyr, og fra seksuell umoral. Hvis dere holder dere borte fra disse tingene, vil dere gjøre det godt. Farvel.
B1930
at I avholder eder fra avgudsoffer og blod og det som er kvalt, og hor; dersom I vokter eder for disse ting, vil det gå eder vel. Lev vel!

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  • Acts 15:20

    But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

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  • Acts 21:25

    As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

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  • Revelation 2:14

    But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

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  • Revelation 2:20

    Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

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  • Leviticus 17:14

    For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:18–20

    Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

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  • Romans 14:20–21

    For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

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  • Jude 1:24

    Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

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