And thus you shall eat it: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is Passover unto Jehovah.

And the hand of Jehovah came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; but lay my staff on the face of the boy.

Now gird up your loins like a man; I will consult with you, and you declare unto Me.

Now gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare unto Me:

And righteousness shall be the waistband of His loins, and faithfulness the waistband of His heart.

You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I shame you before them.

Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning;

But will he not rather say to him, Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink?

Stand firm therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be of sound mind and calm in your prayers.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with giddiness, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.

For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Let us walk decently, as in the day, not in carousings and drunkenness, not in cohabitation and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

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

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

For whatever things were written before were written for our instruction, that we through the patience and encouragement of the Scriptures might have hope.

that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises unto the fathers,

And again he says: Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.

And again, Isaiah says: There shall be a root of Jesse; and He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in Him the Gentiles shall hope.

And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

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

but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters in within the veil,

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,

whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him yet, believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

Even in the same way will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

so that you are not lacking in any gift, patiently waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and to give you who are afflicted rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels,

Hereafter, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all the ones loving His appearing.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, without sin, unto salvation.

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.