And now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
- KJV And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
- BSB But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
- NASB And yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
- NLT But take courage! None of you will lose your lives, even though the ship will go down.
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Quick answer
Paul exhorts them to take heart, for no life will be lost—only the ship.
Overview
Paul brings a word of comfort grounded not in optimism but in divine revelation. Though the vessel will be lost, every person will survive. This assurance shifts the mood from despair to hope, demonstrating that God's servant is the bearer of good news even in the midst of disaster.
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Cross-references · 14
- Acts 27:36Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
- Acts 27:25Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
- Isa 43:1–2But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.
- 2 Cor 4:8–9We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
- Acts 27:34Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
- Ps 112:7He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
- 1 Sam 30:6David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
- Acts 27:44and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
- Acts 23:11The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
- Job 2:4Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
- 2 Cor 1:4–6who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
- Job 22:29–30When they cast down, you shall say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
- Acts 27:31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
- Ezra 10:2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
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