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James offers his judgment to the gathered elders.
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Acts 15:19-21

Do Not Trouble Them

Grace and the Council · Acts 15

Story guide: James proposes writing to Gentile believers without burdening those who are turning to God.

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19Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those from among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

20but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.

21For from ancient generations Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.

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