1 Corinthians 16:13

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Watche ye stonde fast in the fayth auyte you lyke men and be stronge.

📖 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

• Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally my brethre be stronge in the Lorde and in the power of his myght.
• Eph 6:13-18 : 13 For this cause take vnto you the armoure of God yt ye maye be able to resist in the evyll daye and to stonde perfect in all thinges. 14 Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrd aboute with veritie havinge on the brest plate of rightewesnes 15 and shood with showes prepared by the gospell of peace. 16 Above all take to you the shelde of fayth wherwith ye maye quenche all ye fyrie dartes of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvacio and the swearde of the sprete which is the worde of God. 18 And praye all wayes with all maner prayer and supplicacio: and yt in the sprete: and watch thervnto wt all instance and supplicacio for all saynctes
• Gal 5:1 : 1 Stond fast therfore in ye libertie wher with Christ hath made vs fre and wrappe not youre selves agayne in ye yoke of bondage.
• 2 Thess 2:15 : 15 Therfore brethren stonde fast and kepe ye ordinaunces which ye have learned: whether it were by oure preachynge or by pistle.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let yovre conversacion be as it be cometh the gospell of Christ: that whether I come and se you or els be absent I maye yet heare of you that ye contynue in one sprete and in one soule labouringe as we do to mayntayne the fayth of the gospell
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he sayde vnto me: my grace is sufficient for the. For my stregth is made perfact thorow weaknes. Very gladly therfore will I reioyce of my weaknes that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me 10 Therfore have I delectacion in infirmities in rebukes in nede in persecucions in anguyshe for Christis sake. For when I am weake then am I stronge.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therfore my deare brethren be ye stedfast and unmovable alwayes ryche in the workes of the Lorde for as moch as ye knowe how yt youre labour is not in vayne in the Lorde.
• Phil 4:1 : 1 Herfore my brethren dearly beloved and longed for my ioye and croune so continue in the LORde ye beloved.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all thynges thorow the helpe of Christ which strengtheth me.
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and watch for youre adversary ye devyll as a rorynge lion walketh about sekynge whom he maye devoure:
• 1 Thess 3:8 : 8 For now are we alyve yf ye stonde stedfast in the LORde.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras the servaut of Christ which is one of you saluteth you and all wayes laboreth fervently for you in prayers that ye maye stonde perfect and full in all that is the will of God.
• 1 Cor 15:1-2 : 1 Brethren as pertayninge to the gospell which I preached vnto you which ye have also accepted and in the which ye continue 2 by which also ye are saved: I do you to wit after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it except ye have beleved in vayne.
• 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we be LORdes over youre fayth: but helpers of youre ioye. For by fayth ye stode.
• Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Take hede watche and praye for ye knowe not when the tyme ys. 34 As a man which is gone in to a straunge countrey and hath lefte hys housse and geven auctorite to his servautes and to every man hys worke and commaunded the porter to watche. 35 Watche therfore for ye knowe not when the master of ye housse will come whether at eve or at mydnyght whether at the cocke crowynge or in the daunynge: 36 lest yf he come sodenly he shuld fynde you slepynge. 37 And that I saye vnto you I saye vnto all men watche.
• 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought a good fight and have fulfilled my course and have kept the fayth.
• 2 Tim 2:3-5 : 3 Thou therfore suffre affliccion as a good soudier of Iesu Christ. 4 No man that warreth entanglith him silfe with worldely busynes and that be cause he wolde please him that hath chosen him to be a soudier. 5 And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.
• Col 4:2 : 2 Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thankes
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 The ende of all thinges is at honde. Be ye therfore discrete and sober yt ye maye be apte to prayers.
• Col 1:23 : 23 yf ye continue grounded and stablysshed in the fayth and be not moved awaye from the hope of the gospell wher of ye have herde howe that it is preached amonge all creatures which are vnder heven wher of I Paul am made a minister.
• 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Fyght ye good fyght of fayth. Laye honde on eternall lyfe where vnto thou arte called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
• 1 Cor 9:25-27 : 25 Euery man yt proveth masteryes abstaineth from all thinges. And they do it to obtayne a corruptible croune: but we to obtayne an vncorruptible croune: 26 I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thinge. So fyght I not as one yt beateth the ayer: 27 but I tame my body and bringe it into subieccio lest after that I have preached to other I my silfe shuld be a castawaye.
• Matt 26:41 : 41 watche and praye that ye fall not into temptacion. The spirite is willynge but the flesshe is weake.
• 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but let vs watch and be sober.
• Heb 11:32-34 : 32 And what shall I more saye ye tyme wold be to short for me to tell of Gedeo of Barach and of Samson and of Iephthae: also of David and Samuel and of the Prophetes: 33 which thorowe fayth subdued kyngdomes wrought righteousnes obteyned the promyses stopped the mouthes of lyons 34 queched the violence of fyre escaped the edge of the swearde of weake were made stroge waxed valient in fight turned to flyght the armyes of the alientes.
• Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he cam and founde the slepinge and sayd to Peter: Simon slepest thou? Couldest not thou watche with me one houre? 38 watche ye and praye leest ye entre into temptacion: ye sprete is redy but ye flessh is weeke.
• Rev 16:15 : 15 Beholde I come as a thefe. Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes Lest he be founde naked and men se his filthynes.
• 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethre be not chyldre in witte. How be it as cocerninge maliciousnes be chyldre: but in witte be perfet.
• Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Wake therfore because ye knowe not what houre youre master wyll come. 43 Of this be sure that yf the good man of the housse knewe what houre the thefe wolde come: he wolde suerly watche and not suffre his housse to be broke vppe. 44 Therfore be ye also redy for in ye houre ye thinke he wolde not: wyll the sonne of ma come.
• Matt 25:13 : 13 Watche therefore: for ye knowe nether the daye nor yet the houre when the sonne of man shall come.
• 2 Tim 2:1 : 1 Thou therfore my sonne be stronge in the grace that is in Christ Iesu.
• Eph 3:16 : 16 that he wolde graunt you acordynge to the ryches of his glory that ye maye be strenghted with myght by his sprete in the inner man
• Col 1:11-12 : 11 strengthed with all myght thorowe hys glorious power vnto all pacience and longe sufferynge with ioyfulnes 12 gevynge thankes vnto the father which hath made vs mete to be part takers of the enheritaunce of sainctes in light.
• Luke 12:35-40 : 35 Let youre loynes be gerdde about and youre lightes brennynge 36 and ye youre selves lyke vnto men that wayte for their master when he will returne fro a weddinge: that assone as he cometh and knocketh they maye ope vnto him. 37 Happy are those servauntes which the Lorde when he cometh shall fynde wakynge. Verely I saye vnto you he will gerdde him selfe about and make them sit doune to meate and walke by and minister vnto them. 38 And yf he come in the seconde watche ye if he come in the thyrde watche and shall fynde them soo happy are those servauntes. 39 This vnderstonde that yf the good man of the housse knewe what houre ye these wolde come he wolde suerly watche: and not suffer his housse to be broken vp. 40 Be ye prepared therfore: for the sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.
• Rev 3:2-3 : 2 Be awake and strength the thynges which remayne that are redy to dye. For I have not founde thy workes perfaycte before god. 3 Remember therfore how thou hast receaved and hearde and hold faste and repet. Yf thou shalt not watche I will come on ye as a thefe and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come apon th
• 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But watch thou in all thynges and suffre adversitie and do the worke of an evangelist fulfill thyne office vnto the vtmost.
• Luke 21:36 : 36 Watche therfore continually and praye that ye maye obtayne grace to flye all this that shall come and that ye maye stonde before the sonne of man.