Acts 27:25

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just the way it was told to me.

King James Version (1611)
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheere: for I beleeue God, that it shall be euen as it was tolde me.

King James Version
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

English Standard Version
So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.

New American Standard Bible
"Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.

New Century Version
So men, have courage. I trust in God that everything will happen as his angel told me.

Amplified Bible
"So keep up your courage, men, for I believe God and have complete confidence in Him that it will turn out exactly as I have been told;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore, be cheerful, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.

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

Contemporary English Version
Cheer up! I am sure that God will do exactly what he promised.

Complete Jewish Bible
So, men, take heart! For I trust God and believe that what I have been told will come true.

Darby Translation
Wherefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that thus it shall be, as it has been said to me.

Easy-to-Read Version
So men, there is nothing to worry about. I trust God, and I am sure everything will happen just as his angel told me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore, sirs, be of good courage: for I beleeue God, that it shall be so as it hath bene tolde me.

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore, men, be of good cheer: for I have confidence in God, that it shall be just as it was told me.

Good News Translation
So take courage, men! For I trust in God that it will be just as I was told.

Lexham English Bible
Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will be like this—according to the way it was told to me.

Literal Translation
Therefore, be cheered, men, for I believe God, that it will be so according to the way it was spoken to me.

American Standard Version
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.

Bible in Basic English
And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

International Standard Version
So have courage, men, for I trust God that it will turn out just as he told me.Luke 1:45; Romans 4:20-21; 2 Timothy 1:12;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Therefore, men, take courage; for I believe Aloha, that so it shall be as he hath told me.

Murdock Translation
Therefore, men, be ye courageous; for I confide in God, that it will be as was told to me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore syrs be of good cheare: for I beleue God, that it shalbe euen as it was tolde me.

English Revised Version
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.

World English Bible
Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Wherefore, Sirs, take courage: for I trust in God, that it shall be even as it hath been spoken to me.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Therefore, Sirs, take courage; for I believe God, and am convinced that things will happen exactly as I have been told.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For which thing, ye men, be ye of good coumfort; for Y bileue to my God, that so it schal be, as it is seid to me.

Update Bible Version
Therefore, men, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it has been spoken to me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it will be even as it was told to me.

New English Translation
Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.

New King James Version
Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.

New Living Translation
So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said.

New Life Bible
So take hope, men. I believe my God will do what He has told me.

New Revised Standard
So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, be of good courage, Sirs; for I believe in God - that, so, it shall be, according as it hath been told me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall so be, as it hath been told me.

Revised Standard Version
So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Wherfore Syrs be of good chere: for I beleve God that so it shalbe even as it was tolde me.

Young's Literal Translation
wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore syrs be of good cheare: for I beleue God, yt it shal come so to passe, as it was tolde me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
take courage then, my friends, for I have this confidence in God, that what has been told me, shall be effected,

Simplified Cowboy Version
So take courage, men! God will do what he says he will do.

Contextual Overview

²¹With our appetite for both food and life long gone, Paul took his place in our midst and said, "Friends, you really should have listened to me back in Crete. We could have avoided all this trouble and trial. But there's no need to dwell on that now. From now on, things are looking up! I can assure you that there'll not be a single drowning among us, although I can't say as much for the ship—the ship itself is doomed. ²³"Last night God's angel stood at my side, an angel of this God I serve, saying to me, ‘Don't give up, Paul. You're going to stand before Caesar yet—and everyone sailing with you is also going to make it.' So, dear friends, take heart. I believe God will do exactly what he told me. But we're going to shipwreck on some island or other." ²⁷On the fourteenth night, adrift somewhere on the Adriatic Sea, at about midnight the sailors sensed that we were approaching land. Sounding, they measured a depth of 120 feet, and shortly after that ninety feet. Afraid that we were about to run aground, they threw out four anchors and prayed for daylight. ³⁰Some of the sailors tried to jump ship. They let down the lifeboat, pretending they were going to set out more anchors from the bow. Paul saw through their guise and told the centurion and his soldiers, "If these sailors don't stay with the ship, we're all going down." So the soldiers cut the lines to the lifeboat and let it drift off. ³³With dawn about to break, Paul called everyone together and proposed breakfast: "This is the fourteenth day we've gone without food. None of us has felt like eating! But I urge you to eat something now. You'll need strength for the rescue ahead. You're going to come out of this without even a scratch!" ³⁵He broke the bread, gave thanks to God, passed it around, and they all ate heartily—276 of us, all told! With the meal finished and everyone full, the ship was further lightened by dumping the grain overboard. ³⁹At daybreak, no one recognized the land—but then they did notice a bay with a nice beach. They decided to try to run the ship up on the beach. They cut the anchors, loosed the tiller, raised the sail, and ran before the wind toward the beach. But we didn't make it. Still far from shore, we hit a reef and the ship began to break up. ⁴²The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners so none could escape by swimming, but the centurion, determined to save Paul, stopped them. He gave orders for anyone who could swim to dive in and go for it, and for the rest to grab a plank. Everyone made it to shore safely.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I believe: Acts 27:11, Acts 27:21, Numbers 23:19, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Luke 1:45, Romans 4:20, Romans 4:21, 2 Timothy 1:12

Reciprocal: Psalms 112:7 - trusting Psalms 119:42 - for I trust Isaiah 7:9 - If ye Isaiah 43:1 - I have called Jonah 3:5 - believed John 16:33 - but Acts 14:15 - Sirs Acts 23:11 - Be Acts 27:22 - I exhort Romans 4:18 - against

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer,.... Which he repeats with more fervency and earnestness, there being so much reason for it:

for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me: true faith lays hold and, settles upon the word and promises of God; and the true believer, knowing his power and faithfulness, firmly persuaded that there shall be a performance of what is said by him, with respect to matter, manner, and circumstances. Whatever God has told his people of, or has promised unto them, shall be performed, whether with respect to things temporal; that they shall not want any good thing; that all their afflictions shall be for their good; that they shall be supported under them, and at last brought out of them: or whether with respect to spiritual things; whatever he has said concerning himself, that he will be their God, will continue to love them, will not leave them, nor forsake them, will guide and protect them, will supply all their need, and give them grace here, and glory hereafter; and whatever he has said concerning his Son, that he is their Saviour and Redeemer, that they are justified by his righteousness, pardoned through his blood, and shall be saved in him with an everlasting salvation; and whatever he has said concerning his Spirit, that he shall enlighten them more and more, carry on his good work in them, and finish it, shall be their comforter and their guide, shall strengthen them in their inward man, and work them up for that selfsame thing, eternal glory: and likewise, whatever he has said concerning the prosperity and happiness of the churches in the latter day; even all those glorious things spoken of the city of God; and which relate both to the spiritual and personal reign of Christ. Faith takes all this at his word, and firmly believes it shall be as he has said: and it has good grounds and reasons for acting in this manner; from the veracity, faithfulness, and power of God, who has promised; and from the nature of the promises themselves, which are unconditional, immutable, all in Christ, and yea and amen in him, and not one of them has ever failed: and such a believing frame of soul greatly encourages cheerfulness of spirit, and produces it: a believer is cheerful himself, as he has reason to be; he is filled with joy and peace in believing, yea, with a joy unspeakable, and full of glory; and he makes all about him cheerful; he comforts others with the same comforts he has been comforted of God; and however, he exhorts, after his own example, to believe, and be of good cheer; see

2 Chronicles 20:20.