Acts 27:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.””

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BSBPD

“But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship--ye are not able to be saved;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 27:31 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 1:12Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
  2. Psalms 91:11For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
  3. Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
  4. Ezekiel 36:36Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.
  5. Luke 1:34“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
  6. Luke 4:9Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
  7. John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
  8. Acts 27:11But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
  9. Acts 27:21After 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.
  10. Acts 27:42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
  11. 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

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