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Luke 12:35

The return of ChristServing othersWaiting on God

33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

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BSB
Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
KJV
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
WEB
“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
ASV
Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
DARBY
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
BLB
Let your⁺ loins be girded around and the lamps burning,
ÅB
La deres lender være ombundet og deres lys brennende,
OTB
“Vær klare til tjeneste og hold lampene deres brennende,
B1930
La eders lender være ombundet og eders lys brennende,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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;

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  • Ephesians 6:14

    Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

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  • Matthew 25:4–10

    But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

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  • Matthew 25:1

    Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

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  • Matthew 5:16

    Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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  • Isaiah 5:27

    None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

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  • Isaiah 11:5

    And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

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  • Philippians 2:15

    That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

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