Be
Ready for Action
1 Peter 1:13
Excerpt
Have your minds ready for action is
literally “gird up the loins of your mind.” To “gird the loin” was an
appropriate metaphor for people in the Middle East at that time. These people
normally wore long gowns, and when someone prepared for any strenuous activity,
he “girded” his robe, that is, he tied his robe securely (by using a belt, for
example), to make sure that his robe would not be in the way. The metaphor
therefore came to mean “be ready for action.” The area of readiness in this
verse is the mind, and the full
meaning of the metaphor is therefore to prepare oneself mentally...
Arichea,
Daniel C., and Eugene Albert Nida. A
Handbook on the First Letter from Peter. New York: United Bible Societies,
1980. Print. UBS Handbook Series.
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