Acts 15:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden than these essentials: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to lay upon you any greater burden than these indispensable requirements: American Standard Version (1901) For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: Common English Bible The Holy Spirit has led us to the decision that no burden should be placed on you other than these essentials: 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: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary things: |
They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others, but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
“Therefore I have reached the decision that we should not trouble those gentiles who are turning to God,
we have decided unanimously to choose men and send them to you, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us,
As they went from town to town, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”
Anyone who claims to be a prophet or spiritual must acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord.
Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
But in my opinion she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.
Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.
It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look!
But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call ‘the deep things of Satan,’ to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden;