1 Peter 1:13
So, gather your thoughts together for action, take control of yourselves and focus your hope completely on God's unearned favor, which will be brought to you by Jesus Christ when He returns.
Luke 12:35
"Fasten your belts [i.e., get things ready], keep your lamps lit,
Acts 20:20
[You know] how I held back nothing in declaring to you whatever was profitable, and taught you in public [meetings] and in your homes.
Acts 20:27
For I held nothing back in declaring to you the entire message of God.
1 Corinthians 9:16
[But] I do not have anything to boast about if I preach the good news because I am compelled to do it. For it would be too bad for me if I did not preach the good news.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But [even though] we had already suffered and been mistreated at Philippi [See Acts 16:19-24], as you people know, we had the boldness, [with help] from God, to tell you His message in spite of much struggle [i.e., opposition].