1 Peter 1:13
So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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1 Peter 1:13
So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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1 Peter 1:14
Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
1 Peter 1:15
But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;
1 Peter 1:16
Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
Ephesians 4:17
This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,
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Luke 12:35
Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.
Luke 12:36
And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.
Luke 12:37
Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.
Ephesians 6:14
Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;
Isaiah 11:5
And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.
Luke 17:8
Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?
Proverbs 31:17
She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.
Isaiah 5:27
There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping, and the cord of their shoes is not broken.
John 13:4
Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.
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1 Peter 1:6
You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,
1 Peter 1:7
So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 1:8
To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
1 Peter 1:21
Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
1 Peter 2:11
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
1 Peter 3:7
And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.
1 Peter 3:15
But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
2 Thessalonians 2:14
And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 6:19
And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;
1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:11
For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
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1 Peter 5:8
Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
Luke 21:34
But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
Luke 21:35
For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.
Luke 21:36
But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.
Titus 2:2
That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.
Romans 13:11
See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
Romans 13:12
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
Romans 13:13
With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
2 Timothy 4:5
But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
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1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.
Job 38:3
Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Exodus 12:11
And take your meal dressed as if for a journey, with your shoes on your feet and your sticks in your hands: take it quickly: it is the Lord's Passover.
Jeremiah 1:17
So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.
2 Kings 4:29
Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.
2 Kings 9:1
And Elisha the prophet sent for one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Make yourself ready for a journey, and take this bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
Job 40:7
Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Acts 12:8
Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.
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2 Thessalonians 1:7
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
2 Thessalonians 1:8
To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
2 Thessalonians 1:9
Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
2 Thessalonians 1:10
At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day.
Revelation 1:7
See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.
Matthew 25:31
But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:
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1 Peter 4:13
But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.
Romans 8:18
I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.
1 Timothy 6:14
To keep the word untouched by evil, clear from all shame, till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1 Timothy 6:15
Which at the right time he will make clear, who is the eternal and only Ruler, King of kings, and Lord of lords;
1 Peter 5:1
I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
1 Peter 5:4
And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
1 John 3:2
My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
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1 Peter 1:2
Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:4
And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,
1 Peter 1:5
Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
1 Peter 1:17
And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
1 Peter 1:22
And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
1 Peter 1:23
Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.
1 Peter 2:2
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
Psalms 33:22
Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for you.
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:7
And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
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1 Peter 1:9
For so you have the true end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:10
For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;
1 Peter 1:11
Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.
1 Peter 1:12
And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.
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Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,
Titus 2:12
Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;
Titus 2:13
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
1 Corinthians 1:7
So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
1 Corinthians 1:8
Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 17:30
So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.
2 Timothy 4:8
From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
Matthew 24:27
Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.
2 Corinthians 4:6
Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Colossians 3:4
At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.
Hebrews 9:28
So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.
2 Peter 3:12
Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?
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Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.
Hebrews 3:14
For if we keep the substance of the faith which we had at the start, even till the end, we have a part with Christ;
Hebrews 6:11
And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:
Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
Philippians 2:12
So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;
1 Peter 5:5
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
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1 Timothy 3:2
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
1 Thessalonians 5:7
For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;
1 Timothy 3:11
Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.
1 Timothy 2:9
And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;
1 Timothy 2:15
But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.
Titus 1:8
But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;
Titus 2:6
To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:
Philippians 4:5
Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.
1 Timothy 5:5
Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.
Titus 2:4
Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,
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Hebrews 10:35
So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.
Job 17:9
Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
John 15:9
Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.
Acts 13:43
Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.
Romans 2:7
To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:
Galatians 6:9
And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
2 Timothy 3:14
But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;
Hebrews 12:1
For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
Revelation 3:11
I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.
Psalms 71:14
But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
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1 Peter 1:1
Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Ephesians 4:23
And be made new in the spirit of your mind,
1 Peter 1:19
But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
1 Peter 2:1
So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
1 Peter 2:12
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
2 Peter 3:1
My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;
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2 Peter 1:16
For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.
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2 Peter 1:17
For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
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Job 17:15
Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?
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