NEW TESTAMENT

1 Peter 1:13

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13

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

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Verse 13. The loins of your mind girded. It is a metaphor, to signify they must live in such a manner as to be always prepared for heaven, as persons used to gird their garments about them, when about to walk or run, or to undertake any labour. Witham.

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literally, “gird up the waist of your mind” or “put on the belt of the waist of your mind”

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