1 Corinthians 16:13

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Γρηγορεῖτε, στήκετε ἐν τῇ πίστει, ἀνδρίζεσθε, κραταιοῦσθε.

Transliteration

Grēgoreite, stēkete en tē pistei, andrizesthe, krataiousthe.

Grammar Details

• *Grēgoreite*: present, imperative, active, 2nd person, plural - watch/be alert
• *stēkete*: present, imperative, active, 2nd person, plural - stand firm/stand fast
• *en tē pistei*: preposition + dative, feminine, singular - in the faith
• *andrizesthe*: present, imperative, middle, 2nd person, plural - be courageous/act like men
• *krataiousthe*: present, imperative, passive, 2nd person, plural - be strengthened/be made strong

Word Meanings

• *Grēgoreite*: watch/be alert/be vigilant/stay awake
• *stēkete*: stand firm/stand fast/persevere
• *pistei*: faith/belief/trust
• *andrizesthe*: be courageous/act like men/be brave
• *krataiousthe*: be strengthened/be made strong/be mighty

Referenced Verses

• Josh 1:9 : 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
• Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
• Eph 6:13-18 : 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
• Gal 5:1 : 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
• 2 Thess 2:15 : 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
• Phil 4:1 : 1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
• Josh 1:6-7 : 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 1 Thess 3:8 : 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
• Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• 1 Cor 15:1-2 : 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
• 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
• 2 Sam 10:12 : 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
• 1 Chr 28:10 : 10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
• Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
• 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
• 2 Tim 2:3-5 : 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
• Col 4:2 : 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
• 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
• 1 Cor 9:25-27 : 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
• Matt 26:41 : 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• Dan 10:19 : 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
• 1 Sam 4:9 : 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
• 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• Heb 11:32-34 : 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
• Rev 16:15 : 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
• Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
• 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
• Eph 3:16 : 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
• 1 Kgs 2:2 : 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
• Zech 8:9 : 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
• Zech 8:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
• Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
• Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
• 2 Tim 2:1 : 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
• Col 1:11-12 : 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
• Luke 12:35-40 : 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
• 1 Chr 19:13 : 13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
• Josh 1:18 : 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
• Dan 11:32 : 32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
• Rev 3:2-3 : 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
• 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
• Hag 2:4 : 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
• Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.