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 4:10

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

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