<p>15:20 <i>B</i><i>ut that we write to them, that they abstain</i>- The word is elsewhere used, probably in allusion to this agreement, about abstaining from idolatry, fleshly lusts and immorality (1 Thess. 4:3; 5:22; 1 Pet. 2:11). I suggest therefore that all the prohibitions were of a moral nature. To eat non-kosher food is not an issue of immorality; so my sense is that this must be understood as part of a prohibition here against involvement in idol worship. It's not right for a young unmarried couple to sleep with each other before marriage, but I don't think &quot;fornication&quot; as used here has that in view. Rather are all these things part of idol rituals- fornication would specifically referred to the use of temple prostitutes as part of the worship rituals. Fornication and the blood laws were therefore elaborations upon &quot;the pollutions of idols&quot;. So we could read it as meaning: &quot;Abstain from the pollutions of idols: i.e. from fornication, from what is strangled and from blood&quot;. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><em>From the pollutions of idols</em>- Only used in the LXX in Dan. 1:8 and Mal. 1:7 about ritually unclean food.</p><p><i>From fornication, from what is strangled and from blood</i>- The Mosaic law required that animals be killed by their blood being poured out.</p>