1 Peter 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
English “gird up” emboldened in 1Peter 1:13 was translated from Greek verb 328 anazonnumi that appears only in 1 Peter 1:13 so I am unable to provide you with a verse that adequately reflects God’s definition because “gird up the loins of your mind” is an entirely different thing than what males normally “gird up”. I will do my best to paint you a word picture. The young David left his flock with only his sling and the clothes he was wearing to check out the battle between the Israelites and Philistines. When the boy David saw and heard the giant Philistine Goliath bad mouth the Israelites and their God and no other Israelite was responding to Goliath’s challenge, David determined to fight him himself, so King Saul fitted David with Saul’s armor, sword, sheath and belt. David declined the sword and armor because he had not proved them as he had proved his sling and stones against lions and bears. So David did gird up himself [Greek verb 328 anazonnumi] by gathering the bottom of his skirt that extended to his feet and pulled the bottom of the skirt up tightly between his legs and secured the skirt to his waist with Saul’s sword belt then gathered 5 smooth stones that he placed in a pouch on Saul’s sword belt and after sharing insults with the giant Philistine, David fell Goliath with one smooth stone from his sling then severed Goliath’s head with Goliath’s own sword then dispatched the rest of the Philistine army by holding up the head of their champion Goliath.
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