Acts 15:29 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Stay away from food that was offered to idols, don't eat blood or meat from animals that were strangled, and keep it clean when it comes to sex. If you can stick to these things, you'll be doing great. Take care of yourselves.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Keep it simple: avoid idol food, blood, and messy hookups — you've got this.

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Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write to them and tell them to stay away from food that's been offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from meat that's been strangled, and from blood.

Acts 21:25

As for the non-Jewish believers, we've already written our decision — they don't need to follow all these rules. Just avoid food that was offered to idols, anything with blood in it, meat from strangled animals, and sexual stuff outside of marriage.

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