What did the Jerusalem council tell Gentile believers to abstain from?
The Jerusalem council instructed Gentile believers to abstain from anything polluted by idols, from fornication and immorality in all its forms, and from things strangled. These requirements were to be carried out to the Gentile believing world, the true believers, reflecting a standard that traces back to Genesis chapter 9.
Les explains that this was what the Jerusalem council wanted carried out to the Gentile believing world, the true believers. They were to abstain from anything polluted by idols, from gross immorality, and from things strangled. He notes that this standard goes all the way back to Genesis chapter 9, when Noah and the three sons came off the ark. Up until that time, nothing was ever killed to be eaten; they ate only that which grew naturally. He also earlier connects the instruction to refraining from fornication and immorality in all of its forms.