So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
- KJV Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
- NKJV Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.
- NASB Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.
- NLT So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said.
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Paul urges them to take courage, for he believes God that it will happen exactly as he was told.
Overview
Paul anchors his exhortation in simple faith: 'I believe God.' His confidence rests on the trustworthiness of God's word, not on visible circumstances. This is a model of faith that takes God at His promise amid the storm, encouraging believers to rest on God's reliable word when all around seems hopeless.
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Cross-references · 8
- Rom 4:20–21Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
- Luke 1:45Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
- Num 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- 2 Tim 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
- Acts 27:11But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
- 2 Chr 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
- Acts 27:21–22After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.
- Acts 27:36They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
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