1 Peter 1:13

1:13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action ¹  by being fully sober, and set your hope ²  completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ³ 

1 Peter 1:18

1:18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,

1 Peter 2:8

2:8 and a stumbling-stone ⁴  and a rock to trip over. ⁵  They stumble ⁶  because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. ⁷ 

1 Peter 4:10

4:10 Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another ⁸  as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

1 Peter 4:19

4:19 So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good. ⁹ 

¹ tn Grk “binding up the loins of your mind,” a figure of speech drawn from the Middle Eastern practice of gathering up long robes around the waist to prepare for work or action.

² tn Grk “having bound up…, being sober, set your hope…”

³ tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 7).

⁴ tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” The latter phrase uses the term σκάνδαλον (skandalon), denoting an obstacle to faith, something that arouses anger and rejection.

⁵ sn A quotation from Isa 8:14.

⁶ tn Grk “who stumble,” referring to “those who do not believe” in vs. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁷ tn Grk “to which they were also destined.”

⁷ tn Grk “serving it to one another.” The primary verb is a participle but it continues the sense of command from v. 7.

¹⁰ tn Grk “in doing good.”