³¹ But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.

¹³ But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

¹⁴ And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²¹ And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.

²² But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

²³ For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,

²⁴ Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

⁴² Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.

⁴³ But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

¹¹ But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.

³⁷ Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.

⁹ And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

¹⁰ He will give his angels orders to take care of you:

¹¹ And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

¹² And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

³⁴ And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

³⁵ And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

³⁶ Then the rest of the nations round about you will be certain that I the Lord am the builder of the places which were pulled down and the planter of that which was waste: I the Lord have said it, and I will do it.

³⁷ This is what the Lord has said: The children of Israel will again make prayer to me for this, that I may do it for them; I will make them increased with men like a flock.

¹¹ For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

¹² And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.

¹³ And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.

¹¹ For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.

¹² In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.