Acts 15:29 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The letter names the four abstentions — food offered to idols, blood, things strangled, and fornication — and closes with a warm farewell.
What Does Acts 15:29 Mean?
The letter states its requests plainly: keep yourselves from meats offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from fornication. Then it ends not with threat but with confidence: 'from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.'
The tone teaches as much as the content. There is no anathema and no fear — clear guidance, then a blessing, trusting the Gentile believers to respond in love. Holiness is set before them as the path on which they will 'do well,' for the commandments of God have always been for our good (Deuteronomy 10:13). Grace writes short lists and warm letters.
Acts 15:29 in the Original Language
errosthe (ἔρρωσθε), 'fare ye well' -- literally 'be strong,' the customary close of a letter.
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What does Acts 15:29 mean?
The letter names the four abstentions — food offered to idols, blood, things strangled, and fornication — and closes with a warm farewell.