¹⁸ And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding `day' they were making a clearing,

⁵ and the mariners are afraid, and cry each unto his god, and cast the goods that `are' in the ship into the sea, to make `it' light of them; and Jonah hath gone down unto the sides of the vessel, and he lieth down, and is fast asleep.

³⁸ and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

¹⁹ and on the third `day' with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

²⁷ They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

²⁶ for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

⁸ `And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

⁷ But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;

⁸ yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

¹ Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,