Acts 15:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 15:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἀλλὰ
allá
G235
but
ἐπιστεῖλαι
epistéllō
G1989
to write
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ἀπέχεσθαι
apéchō
G568
to hold off
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
ἀλισγημάτων
alísgema
G234
defilement
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
εἰδώλων
eídōlon
G1497
idol
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
πορνείας
porneía
G4202
sexual immorality
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
πνικτοῦ
pniktós
G4156
strangled
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
αἵματος
haîma
G129
blood
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World English Bible Public Domain
but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.
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King James Version Public Domain
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
but to write to them to abstain from the pollution of idols and sexual immorality and the strangled and blood.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).