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

Let your loins be girded about, and {your} lights burning;

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

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

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and {be} ready always to {give} an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: {fear: or, reverence}

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, {hath...: or, to all men, hath appeared}

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

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.

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

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: {coming: Gr. revelation}

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

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

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Blessed {be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, {abundant: Gr. much}

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

Which {hope} we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. {honestly: or, decently}

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these {is} charity.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

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

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 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 unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. {confound: or, break to pieces}

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. {to the...: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel}

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, {his...: Gr. the angels of his power}

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. {answer...: Heb. make me know}

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

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

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

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

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

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time {are} not worthy {to be compared} with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Let your loins be girded about, and {your} lights burning;

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

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. {sure: or, steady}

Better {is} the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than the proud in spirit.

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

When Christ, {who is} our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}

{It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

{Is} not {this} thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

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

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think {of himself} more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. {soberly: Gr. to sobriety}

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

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.

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. {jewels: or, special treasure}

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. {to the...: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel}

I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, {even unto} the end. {to perform: Heb. to do}

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

The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. {sober: or, vigilant}

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: {coming: Gr. revelation}

These {are} the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: {execute...: Heb. judge truth, and the judgment of peace}

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. {answer...: Heb. make me know}

And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

And they made coats {of} fine linen {of} woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

And the curious girdle of the ephod, which {is} upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; {even of} gold, {of} blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. {curious: or, embroidered}

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

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.