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And as the storm held on for many days, and as no sun was visible, nor moon, nor stars, all hope of our surviving was wholly cut off.

And now, I counsel you to be without anxiety; for not a soul of you will be lost, but only the ship.

For there appeared to me this night, the angel of that God whose I am, and whom I serve;

and he said to me: Fear not, Paul; for thou art yet to stand before Caesar; and, lo, God hath made a gift to thee of all them that sail with thee.

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

And as we feared lest we should be caught in places where were rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern of the ship, and prayed for the morning.

Therefore I entreat you, to take food for the sustenance of your life; for not a hair from the head of any of you, will perish.

And from there we made a circuit, and arrived at the city Rhegium. And, after one day, the south wind blew [fn] for us, and in two days we came to Puteoli, a city of Italy.

And after three days, Paul sent and called for the principal Jews. And when they were assembled, he said to them: Men, my brethren, although I had in nothing risen up against the people or the law of my fathers, I was at Jerusalem delivered over in bonds to the Romans:

For this reason I sent for you to come, that I might see you, and might state these things to you: for it is on account of the hope of Israel, that I am bound with this chain.

But we are desirous to hear from thee what thou thinkest; for this doctrine, we know, is not received by any one.

For the heart of this people is stupefied, and their hearing they have made heavy, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and be converted unto me, and I should forgive them.

For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established;

Greeks and barbarians, the wise and the unwise: for to every man am I a debtor, to preach [fn] .

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God unto life, to all who believe in it; whether first they are of the Jews, or whether they are of the Gentiles.

For in it is revealed the righteousness of God, from faith to faith; as it is written, The righteous by faith, shall live.

For the wrath of God from heaven is revealed against all the iniquity and wickedness of men, who hold the truth in iniquity.

Because a knowledge of God is manifest in them; for God hath manifested it in them.

For, from the foundations of the world, the occult things of God are seen, by the intellect, in the things he created, even his eternal power and divinity; so that they might be without excuse;

For this cause, God gave them up to the filthy lusts of their heart, to dishonor their bodies with them.