1 PETER 1:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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;”
Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed — the exhortation to 'gird up the loins of your mind' (anadēmata osphyn..noou, to prepare the mind as one readies for strenuous activity) calls for mental discipline and clarity (nēphalios, sober). The focus of hope is specifically eschatological: the grace (charis) revealed at Christ's appearing (apokalypsis).
Church Fathers on 1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore, girding up your loins, 1 Peter 1:13; Ephesians 6:14 serve the Lord in fear and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain, empty talk and error of the multitude, and believed in Him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, and gave Him glory, 1 Peter 1:21 and a throne at His right hand. To Him all things 1 Peter 3:22; Philippians 2:10 in heaven and on earth are subject. Him every spirit serves. He comes as the Judge of the living and the dead. Acts 17:31…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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