1 Peter 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Gird

Be sober

1 Thessalonians 5:6

The grace

General references

Luke 17:30

Bible References

Gird

And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand: and ye shall eat it in haste; it is the LORD'S passover.

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: and if thou shalt meet any man, salute him not; and if any shall salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning;

And will not rather say to him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drank; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness;

Be sober

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch to prayer.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

The grace

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for him he will appear the second time without sin to salvation.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.

General references

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.