1 Peter 1:13
So prepare your minds for action, be completely sober [in spirit—steadfast, self-disciplined, spiritually and morally alert], fix your hope completely on the grace [of God] that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 4:7
The end and culmination of all things is near. Therefore, be sound-minded and self-controlled for the purpose of prayer [staying balanced and focused on the things of God so that your communication will be clear, reasonable, specific and pleasing to Him.]
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour.
Luke 12:35
Luke 17:30
Ephesians 6:14
So stand firm and hold your ground, having
Exodus 12:11
Now you are to eat it in this manner: [be prepared for a journey] with your
1 Kings 18:46
Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah [giving him supernatural strength]. He
2 Kings 4:29
Then he said to Gehazi, “
Job 38:3
“Now
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
Job 40:7
“Now
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
Isaiah 11:5
And righteousness will be the belt around His loins,
And faithfulness the belt around His waist.
Jeremiah 1:17
But you [Jeremiah],
Luke 17:8
Luke 21:34-35
Romans 13:13
Let us conduct ourselves properly and honorably as in the [light of] day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and irresponsibility, not in quarreling and jealousy.
Romans 15:4-13
For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.
1 Corinthians 1:7
so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift [which comes from the Holy Spirit], as you eagerly wait [with confident trust] for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ [when He returns].
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].
2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire,
2 Timothy 4:5
But as for you, be clear-headed in every situation [stay calm and cool and steady], endure every hardship [without flinching], do the work of an evangelist, fulfill [the duties of] your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:8
In the future there is reserved for me the [victor’s] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that [great] day—and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and longed for and welcomed His appearing.
Titus 2:11-13
For the [remarkable, undeserved] grace of God that
Hebrews 3:6
but Christ is faithful as a Son over His [Father’s] house. And we are His house if we hold fast our confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].
Hebrews 6:19
This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],
Hebrews 9:28
so Christ, having been offered once and once for all to bear [as a burden]
Hebrews 10:35
Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward.
1 Peter 1:3-9
Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant and boundless mercy has caused us to be born again [that is, to be reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] to an ever-living hope and confident assurance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts set Christ apart [as holy—acknowledging Him, giving Him first place in your lives] as Lord. Always be ready to give a [logical] defense to anyone who asks you to account for the hope and confident assurance [elicited by faith] that is within you, yet [do it] with gentleness and respect.
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope [confidently placed] in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure (holy, undefiled, guiltless).
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“Now
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
“Now
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
And righteousness will be the belt around His loins,
And faithfulness the belt around His waist.