Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works (A)complete in the sight of my God.

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Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.

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15 (“Behold, (A)I am coming like a thief! (B)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, (C)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)

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15 “Look, I come like a thief!(A) Blessed is the one who stays awake(B) and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”(C)

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(A)Be sober-minded; (B)be watchful. Your (C)adversary the devil (D)prowls around (E)like a roaring lion, seeking 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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(A)The end of all things is at hand; therefore (B)be self-controlled and sober-minded (C)for the sake of 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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Preach the Word

(A)I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, (B)who is to judge the living and the dead, and by (C)his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; (D)reprove, rebuke, and (E)exhort, with complete patience and teaching. (F)For the time is coming when people will not endure (G)sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and (H)will turn away from listening to the truth and (I)wander off into myths.

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  1. 2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead,(A) and in view of his appearing(B) and his kingdom, I give you this charge:(C) Preach(D) the word;(E) be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke(F) and encourage(G)—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.(H) Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.(I) They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.(J)

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28 (A)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (B)the flock, in which (C)the Holy Spirit has made you (D)overseers, (E)to care for (F)the church of God,[a] which he (G)obtained (H)with his own blood.[b] 29 I (I)know that after my departure (J)fierce wolves will come in among you, (K)not sparing the flock; 30 and (L)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore (M)be alert, remembering that (N)for three years I did not cease night or day (O)to admonish every one (P)with tears.

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  1. Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
  2. Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own

28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(F) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(G) 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(H) after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(I) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(J)

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  1. Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
  2. Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son

33 (A)Be on guard, (B)keep awake.[a] For you do not know when the time will come. 34 (C)It is like a man (D)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants[b] in charge, (E)each with his work, and commands (F)the doorkeeper to stay awake. 35 (G)Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, (H)in the evening, or (I)at midnight, or (J)when the rooster crows,[c] or (K)in the morning— 36 lest (L)he come suddenly and (M)find you asleep. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: (N)Stay awake.”

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  1. Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts add and pray
  2. Mark 13:34 Or bondservants
  3. Mark 13:35 That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.

33 Be on guard! Be alert[a]!(A) You do not know when that time will come. 34 It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants(B) in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”(C)

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  1. Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

31 “Simon, Simon, behold, (A)Satan demanded to have you,[a] (B)that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but (C)I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, (D)strengthen your brothers.”

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  1. Luke 22:31 The Greek word for you (twice in this verse) is plural; in verse 32, all four instances are singular

31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked(A) to sift all of you as wheat.(B) 32 But I have prayed for you,(C) Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”(D)

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(A)Strengthen the weak hands,
    and make firm the feeble knees.

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Strengthen the feeble hands,
    steady the knees(A) that give way;

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23 After spending some time there, he departed and (A)went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, (B)strengthening all the disciples.

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23 After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia(A) and Phrygia,(B) strengthening all the disciples.(C)

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And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, (A)yet not with a whole heart.

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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.(A)

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28 But (A)charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land that you shall see.’

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28 But commission(A) Joshua, and encourage(B) and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across(C) and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.”

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13 (A)Watch therefore, for you (B)know neither the day nor the hour.

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13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.(A)

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