1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
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Study Note
'Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong' — Paul's closing military exhortations echo the Deuteronomic farewell of Moses (Deuteronomy 31:6–7) and the commissioning of Joshua, applying soldier-of-God language to the Corinthian congregation. The four imperatives cluster around the theme of resolute perseverance in the face of the doctrinal confusion and moral laxity that the entire letter has addressed. The fifth imperative — 'let all your things be done with charity' (verse 14) — grounds martial strength in love, preventing the virtue-language from devolving into sectarian aggression, and echoing the great hymn of chapter 13.
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Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;
Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.
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Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: …
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; …
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.