And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.

And now I exhort you to be of good courage, for there shall be no loss at all of life of any of you, only of the ship.

But now take courage, for there will be no destruction of life among you, but of the ship only.

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

And now, let me persuade you to be courageous in soul. For there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

Yet, even as things are, I beg you not to lose courage, for there will not be a single life lost among you – only the ship.

There shall be no loss - This must have been cheering news to those who had given up all for lost. As Patti had manifested great wisdom in his former advice to them, they might be now more disposed to listen to him. The reason why he believed they would be safe, he immediately states.

There shall be no loss of - life - This must be joyous news to those from whom all hope that they should be saved was taken away: Acts 27:20.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer,.... To take heart and courage, and not be cast down, though things had been thus with them, and they were now in a very melancholy plight and condition.
For there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship; the ship will be lost, but not one person in it: there will be a shipwreck, and so every man's life will be in danger, and yet not one will perish; and therefore there was reason to be of good cheer, since this was what they could not, and did not expect, all hope of being saved was gone: wherefore this, if they could but believe it, must be good news to all the company; and in order to engage them to believe it, the apostle adds,