"Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved." — Acts 27:31

Acts 27:31 · KJV

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

— Acts 27:31

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

Verse 32

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

Acts 27 — Context

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

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

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

And while the day was coming on, Paul besought {them} all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

Jeremiah 29:11-13

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. {expected...: Heb. end and expectation}

Psalms 91:11-12

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Acts 27:21-24

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.

Acts 27:11

Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

Acts 27:42-43

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

John 6:37

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Luke 1:34-35

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?