Acts 15:29

The Letter From The Council

²⁸ For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these necessary things: ²⁹ that you abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which, if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Be prospered. ³⁰ Then indeed they being let go, they came to Antioch. And gathering the multitude, they delivered the letter.

Abstain from

Be Strong

Put to Death

Sexual Immorality

Things Offered to Idols

Things Sacrificed to Idols

Food Sacrificed To Idols

What Has Been Sacrificed To Idols

Acts 15:20

but that we write to them that they should abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Acts 21:25

And as to the nations who believe, we joined in writing, judging them to observe no such things, except only that they keep themselves from both idol sacrifice, and blood, and a thing strangled, and from fornication.

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication.

Revelation 2:20

But I have a few things against you because you allow that woman Jezebel to teach, she saying herself to be a prophetess, and to cause My servants to go astray, and to commit fornication, and to eat idol-sacrifices.

Leviticus 17:14

For it is the life of all flesh. Its blood is for the life of it. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any flesh. For the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.

Luke 9:61

And another also said, Lord, I will follow You, but first allow me to take leave of those in my house.

Acts 18:21

but took leave of them, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that is coming in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you, God willing. And he sailed from Ephesus.

Acts 23:30

And it being revealed to me that a plot against the man was about to be executed by the Jews, I immediately sent him to you, commanding his accusers also to say before you what they had against him. Farewell.

Romans 14:20-21

Do not undo the work of God for food. Truly, all things indeed are clean, but it is bad to the man eating because of a stumbling-block.

1 Corinthians 10:18-20

Behold Israel after the flesh. Are not those who eat of the sacrifices also partakers of the altar?

2 Corinthians 11:9

And being present with you, and in need, I was not a burden to anyone. For the brothers from Macedonia made up completely my need. And in every way I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will keep myself.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Perfect yourselves; encourage yourselves; mind the same thing; be at peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not lay hands quickly on anyone, neither be partaker of the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

1 John 5:21

Little children, guard yourselves from idols. Amen.

Jude 1:20-21

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

Jude 1:24

Now to Him being able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you before His glory without blemish, with unspeakable joy;

Romans 14:14-15

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing by itself is common; except to him who esteems anything to be common, it is common.