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 ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah's passover,

and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

And he saith to Gehazi, 'Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go; when thou dost meet a man, thou dost not salute him; and when a man doth salute thee, thou dost not answer him; and thou hast laid my staff on the face of the youth.'

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

And righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness -- the girdle of his reins.

'And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them.

'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

but will not rather say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness,

Be sober

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

The grace

to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,

'According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;

so that ye are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and to you who are troubled -- rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power,

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,

so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him -- to salvation!

Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward,

General references

'According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;