Decrees: from the Congregation in Jerusalem

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:

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.