1 Peter 1:13
Therefore concentrate your minds, with the strictest self-control, and fix your hopes on the blessing that is coming for you at the Appearing of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, that you may be able to pray.
1 Peter 5:8
Exercise self-control, be watchful. Your adversary, the Devil, like a roaring lion, is prowling about, eager to devour you.
Luke 12:35
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
Luke 17:30
It will be the same on the day on which the Son of Man reveals himself.
Ephesians 6:14
Stand your ground, then, 'with truth for your belt,' and 'with righteousness for your breast-plate,'
Luke 17:8
Instead of saying 'Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and wait on me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you shall eat and drink yourself'?
Luke 21:34-35
Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.
Romans 13:13
Being in the light of Day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.
Romans 15:4-13
Whatever was written in the Scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the Scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.
1 Corinthians 1:7
And thus there is no gift in which you are deficient, while waiting for the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Meanwhile Faith, Hope, and Love endure-these three, but the greatest of these is Love.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
Therefore let us not sleep as others do. No, let us be watchful and self-controlled.
2 Thessalonians 1:7
And to give relief to you who are suffering, as well as to us, at the Appearing of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with his mighty angels, 'in flaming fire.'
2 Timothy 4:5
But you, Timothy, must always be temperate. Face hardships; do the work of a Missionary; discharge all the duties of your Office.
2 Timothy 4:8
And now the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just Judge, will give me on 'That Day'--and not only to me, but to all who have loved his Appearing.
Titus 2:11-13
For the loving-kindness of God has been revealed, bringing Salvation for all;
Hebrews 3:6
the faithfulness of Christ was that of a Son set over the House of God. And we are his House--if only we retain, unshaken to the end, the courage and confidence inspired by our hope.
Hebrews 6:19
This hope is a very anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it 'reaches into the Sanctuary that lies behind the Curtain,'
Hebrews 9:28
so it is with the Christ. He was offered up once and for all, to 'bear away the sins of many'; and the second time he will appear--but without any burden of sin--to those who are waiting for him, to bring Salvation.
Hebrews 10:35
Do not, therefore, abandon the confidence that you have gained, for it has a great reward awaiting it.
1 Peter 1:3-9
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 3:15
Revere the Christ as Lord in your hearts; always ready to give an answer to any one who asks your reason for the hope that you cherish, but giving it humbly and in all reverence,
1 John 3:3
And every one who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make himself pure--as Christ is pure.