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


In Context

17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.

18 All his works are known to God from eternity.'

19 |Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,

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

21 For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.|

22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:20But that we write unto them, that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

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 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.