Acts 27:25
Wherefore, be of good courage, Sirs; for I believe in God—that, so, it shall be, according as it hath been told me.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
In Context
26Upon a certain island, however, must we needs be wrecked.
Cross References
Numbers 23:19GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that he should repent,—Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast?
Luke 1:45And, happy, is she who hath believed, that there shall be a perfecting of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!
Acts 27:21But, when they had been, long without food, then, Paul, standing in the midst of them, said—Ye ought, indeed, Sir! yielding to me, not to have sailed away from Crete, to get this damage and loss. …
Romans 4:20In respect, however, of the promise of God, he was not led to hesitate by unbelief, but received power by his faith, giving glory unto God,
Matthew Henry on Acts 27:22-44
Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22 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. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them… Read the whole commentary →