20But that we write unto them, that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.


In Context

17 That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who doth these things.

18 To the Lord was his own work known from the beginning of the world.

19 For which cause I judge that they, who from among the Gentiles are converted to God, are not to be disquieted.

20 But that we write unto them, that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him in the synagogues, where he is read every sabbath.

22 Then it pleased the apostles and ancients, with the whole church, to choose men of their own company, and to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren.

Acts 15:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:20Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:20but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20but to write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:20but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20But that we write to them that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, and from things strangled, and from blood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the blood;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:20But that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.