1 Peter 1:13

World English Bible (2000)

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--

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὸ ἀναζωσάμενοι τὰς ὀσφύας τῆς διανοίας ὑμῶν, νήφοντες, τελείως ἐλπίσατε ἐπὶ τὴν φερομένην ὑμῖν χάριν ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ·

Transliteration

Therefore having anazōsamenoi the osphyas of the dianoias of you, nēphontes, teleiōs elpisate upon the being pheromenēn to you charin in apokalypsē of Iēsou Christou;

Grammar Details

• *anazōsamenoi*: aorist, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - attendant circumstance
• *osphyas*: accusative, feminine, plural - direct object
• *dianoias*: genitive, feminine, singular - possession
• *nēphontes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - manner
• *teleiōs*: adverb - manner
• *elpisate*: aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person, plural - command
• *pheromenēn*: present, passive, participle, accusative, feminine, singular - attributive
• *charin*: accusative, feminine, singular - direct object
• *apokalypsē*: dative, feminine, singular - time/sphere

Word Meanings

• *anazōsamenoi*: having girded up/prepared/made ready
• *osphyas*: loins/waist/hips
• *dianoias*: mind/understanding/intellect
• *nēphontes*: being sober/self-controlled/clear-minded
• *teleiōs*: completely/perfectly/fully
• *elpisate*: set your hope/expect/trust
• *pheromenēn*: being brought/carried/presented
• *charin*: grace/favor/blessing
• *apokalypsē*: revelation/appearing/disclosure

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
• Luke 12:35 : 35 "Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
• Titus 2:11-13 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world; 13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
• Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
• Luke 17:30 : 30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
• 1 John 3:3 : 3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
• Heb 9:28 : 28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
• Heb 10:35 : 35 Therefore don't throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
• 1 Pet 1:3-9 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, 7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ-- 8 whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory-- 9 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
• 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:
• Luke 21:34-35 : 34 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. 35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
• Rom 15:4-9 : 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5 Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus, 6 that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God. 8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers, 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name." 10 Again he says, "Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people." 11 Again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him." 12 Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope." 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.
• Exod 12:11 : 11 This is how you shall eat it: with your belt on your waist, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahweh's Passover.
• 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 The hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
• 2 Kgs 4:29 : 29 Then he said to Gehazi, "Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't answer him again. Then lay my staff on the face of the child."
• Job 38:3 : 3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
• Job 40:7 : 7 "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
• Isa 11:5 : 5 Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
• Jer 1:17 : 17 "You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Don't be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.
• 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk are drunk in the night. 8 But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
• 2 Thess 1:7 : 7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
• 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
• Heb 3:6 : 6 but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
• Heb 6:19 : 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
• Luke 17:8 : 8 and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?