In Acts 15:29, the apostolic letter repeats the same four prohibitions from verse 20, confirming the decree.

Acts 21:25 reiterates the same decree verbatim, confirming the apostolic decision to require abstinence from idols, blood, strangled meat, and fornication.

Acts 10:15 declares no food unclean, yet the council imposes food restrictions—a tension between freedom and accommodation.

Acts 16:3 shows Paul circumcising Timothy to avoid Jewish offense, paralleling the council's accommodation strategy.

1 Corinthians 8:1 introduces the same issue of food offered to idols, showing its ongoing relevance in Paul's letters.

Ezekiel 33:25 condemns eating meat with blood together with idolatry, linking two prohibitions also paired in Acts 15:20.

1 Corinthians 5:11 warns against associating with a brother who is a fornicator or idolater — directly matching two of the four prohibitions from the decree.

1 Corinthians 6:9 lists fornicators and idolaters among those excluded from God’s kingdom — reinforcing the same sins from Acts 15:20.

1 Corinthians 7:2 prescribes marriage to avoid fornication — addressing the same sin condemned in Acts 15:20.

Revelation 2:20 condemns Jezebel who seduces believers into fornication and eating idol sacrifices — directly echoing the two main prohibitions in the apostolic decree.

In 1 Corinthians 8:4-13, Paul explains the principle behind the decree: avoid causing others to stumble by abstaining from idol food.

1 Corinthians 10:20-22 reveals idol food as participation with demons, justifying the Council's prohibition.

In 1 Corinthians 10:28, Paul directly applies the decree: abstain when informed the meat is sacrificed to idols.

2 Corinthians 12:21 mentions uncleanness and fornication as unrepented sins — aligning with the fornication command in Acts 15:20.

In Galatians 5:19, Paul lists sexual immorality and idolatry among the works of the flesh, reinforcing the same prohibitions given to Gentile believers.

Colossians 3:5 commands mortifying fornication and covetousness (which is idolatry), echoing the decree's prohibitions on sexual immorality and idolatry.

Revelation 2:14 condemns the same twin sins—eating idol food and sexual immorality—as the teaching of Balaam, exactly what the Council forbids.

Genesis 9:4 prohibits eating blood, providing the OT basis for the decree's command to abstain from blood.

In Exodus 20:3-5, the commandments forbid idolatry, providing the OT foundation for the decree's prohibition of things polluted by idols.

Deuteronomy 15:23 repeats the ban on eating blood, directly supporting the same prohibition in Acts 15:20.

Deuteronomy 12:23-25 again forbids eating blood, emphasizing that blood is life, supporting the Acts decree.

Deuteronomy 12:16 repeats the command to pour out blood and not eat it, reinforcing the blood prohibition in the decree.

Numbers 25:2 shows how eating idol sacrifices directly led to sexual immorality—the exact combination the Council prohibits.

Leviticus 17:10-14 gives the theological reason for not eating blood — life is in the blood — underlying the decree.

Leviticus 7:23-27 provides the OT law forbidding eating blood, which is the source for the apostolic decree's blood prohibition.

In Exodus 34:15, the warning against eating pagan sacrifices directly parallels the decree's prohibition of food offered to idols.

Mark 7:15 teaches nothing outside defiles a person, contrasting with the council's food restrictions.

Leviticus 7:26 explicitly forbids eating any blood, directly underlying the council's command to abstain from blood.

Ezekiel 20:31 ties idolatry to child sacrifice (blood) and defilement, echoing the Council's concern with blood and idol pollution.

1 Timothy 4:4 declares all foods clean, contrasting with the decree's dietary restrictions; broader NT teaching supersedes?

1 Thessalonians 4:3 calls believers to abstain from fornication, a key part of the decree's list of prohibited behaviors.

Colossians 2:16 warns against being judged by dietary rules, contrasting with the council's imposition of such rules.

Exodus 22:31 commands not eating meat torn by beasts, parallel to the council's ban on strangled meat (blood not drained).

In Exodus 34:16, intermarriage leads to idolatrous sexual immorality—the very danger the Council's ban on porneia aims to prevent.

Psalm 106:37-39 links idolatry with bloodshed and uncleanness—the same triad of pollution behind the Council's four prohibitions.

Deuteronomy 14:21 prohibits eating anything that dies naturally, which relates to the decree's 'things strangled' (not bled).

Ephesians 5:3 forbids sexual immorality and all uncleanness, aligning with the decree's call to avoid sexual sin.

In Exodus 20:23, the prohibition against making gold or silver gods reinforces the rejection of idolatry underlying the decree.

1 Timothy 4:5 affirms all food is sanctified by God's word and prayer, contrasting with the council's dietary restrictions.

Hebrews 12:16 warns against sexual immorality using Esau's example, reinforcing the seriousness of the decree's prohibition on sexual sin.

Hebrews 13:4 declares that God will judge fornicators, underscoring the moral weight behind the decree's sexual morality command.

1 Peter 4:3 mentions abominable idolatries as past Gentile conduct, directly relating to the decree's prohibition on idolatry.

Ezekiel 20:30 uses 'whoring after idols' language that underlies the Council's ban on porneia and idolatry.

In Genesis 35:2, Jacob commands his household to put away foreign gods, an OT parallel to the call to abstain from idol pollution.

1 Samuel 14:32 gives an example of Israel sinning by eating meat with blood, showing the seriousness of the blood prohibition.

Ezekiel 4:14 shows the prophet's strict avoidance of blood in meat, illustrating the standard behind the decree.