Matthew 16:19
19I will give you athe keys of the kingdom of heaven, and bwhatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed ▼▼Or shall have been bound . . . shall have been loosed
in heaven.” John 20:23
23 dIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”Acts 15:23-31
23with the following letter: e“The brothers, both fthe apostles and the elders, to the brothers ▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 32, 33, 36
who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, hgreetings. 24Since we have heard that isome persons have gone out from us and jtroubled you ▼▼Some manuscripts some persons from us have troubled you
with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, 25it has seemed good to us, having come lto one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our mbeloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 nmen who have orisked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27We have therefore sent pJudas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28For it has seemed good qto the Holy Spirit and rto us sto lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 29 tthat you abstain from uwhat has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.” 30So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch, and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter. 31And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.
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