A Call to Holy Living

¹³ Therefore prepare your minds for action;^[a] discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.^(A)

The Whole Armor of God

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power;

¹⁴ Stand, therefore, and belt your waist with truth and put on the breastplate of righteousness^(A)

Watchful Slaves

³⁵ “Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit;^(A)

⁴⁶ But the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; he girded up his loins and ran in front of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.^(A)

¹² The blacksmith works it with a tool over the coals, shaping it with hammers and forging it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.^(A)

²⁹ He said to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, give no greeting, and if anyone greets you, do not answer, and lay my staff on the face of the child.”^(A)