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A Call to Holy Living

13 So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.

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Be Holy

13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,(A) set your hope(B) on the grace to be brought to you(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.(D)

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Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

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Be alert and of sober mind.(A) Your enemy the devil prowls around(B) like a roaring lion(C) looking for someone to devour.

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Be Ready for the Lord’s Coming

35 “Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning,

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Watchfulness(A)(B)

35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,

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The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.

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The end of all things is near.(A) Therefore be alert and of sober mind(B) so that you may pray.

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15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.

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15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer(A) to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope(B) that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

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28 so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.

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28 so Christ was sacrificed once(A) to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,(B) not to bear sin,(C) but to bring salvation(D) to those who are waiting for him.(E)

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And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.

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All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(A) just as he is pure.(B)

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11 For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. 12 And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God, 13 while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.

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11 For the grace(A) of God has appeared(B) that offers salvation to all people.(C) 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions,(D) and to live self-controlled,(E) upright and godly lives(F) in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing(G) of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,(H)

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So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk. But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.

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So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(A) but let us be awake(B) and sober.(C) For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(D) But since we belong to the day,(E) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(F) and the hope of salvation(G) as a helmet.(H)

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34 “Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware, 35 like a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth.

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34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.

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And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.

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Now there is in store for me(A) the crown of righteousness,(B) which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day(C)—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.(D)

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14 Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness.

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14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,(A) with the breastplate of righteousness in place,(B)

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Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift(A) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.(B)

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