Catholic Public Domain Version
"For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose no further burden upon you, other than these necessary things: "
— Acts 15:28, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;”
“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: ”
“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:”
“For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:”
“For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary things:”
“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;”
“For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;”
it pleased us, being assembled as one, to choose men and to send them to you, with our most beloved Barnabas and Paul:
men who have handed over their lives on behalf of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also will, with the spoken word, reaffirm to you the same things.
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose no further burden upon you, other than these necessary things:
that you abstain from things immolated to idols, and from blood, and from what has been suffocated, and from fornication. You will do well to keep yourselves from these things. Farewell.”
And so, having been dismissed, they went down to Antioch. And gathering the multitude together, they delivered the epistle.
And when they had read it, they were gladdened by this consolation.