TSK · 1 Peter 1:13

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

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

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

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

‹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?›

‹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.›

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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