Acts 27:25

Faith Courage and strength God's faithfulness Hope

²³ For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me

²⁴ and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

²⁶ However, we must run aground on some island.”

²⁷ On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
KJV: Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
WEB: Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
ASV: Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
DARBY: Wherefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that thus it shall be, as it has been said to me.
BLB: Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be thus, according to the way it has been said to me.

ÅB: Derfor vær ved godt mot, dere menn! for jeg setter min lit til Gud at det skal bli så som det er sagt meg.
OTB: Så ta mot til dere, menn, for jeg har tro på Gud at det vil skje akkurat som han har sagt meg.
B1930: Derfor vær ved godt mot, I menn! for jeg setter min lit til Gud at det skal bli så som det er sagt mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 4:20–21
Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
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Luke 1:45
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
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2 Timothy 1:12
For 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.
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Numbers 23:19
God 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?
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2 Chronicles 20:20
Early 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.”
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Acts 27:21–22
After 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.
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Acts 27:11
But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
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Acts 27:36
They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
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