Heb 12:12-13, 1Pe 1:13, 5:8-10, 2Pe 1:10-12, 3:14, 17-18 | ESV | STEP | Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees ,

Hebrews 12:12-13

12 Therefore ^alift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and ^bmake straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint ^cbut rather be healed.

1 Peter 1:13

Called to Be Holy

13 Therefore, ^dpreparing your minds for action, ^{▼▼Greek girding up the loins of your mind} and ^fbeing sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 5:8-10

8 ^gBe sober-minded; ^hbe watchful. Your ⁱadversary the devil ^jprowls around ^klike a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 ^lResist him, ^mfirm in your faith, knowing that ⁿthe same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 10 And ^oafter you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, ^pwho has called you to his ^qeternal glory in Christ, will himself ^rrestore, ^sconfirm, strengthen, and establish you.

2 Peter 1:10-12

10 Therefore, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and ^uelection, for if you practice these qualities ^vyou will never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly provided for you ^wan entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

12 Therefore I intend ^xalways to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in ^ythe truth that you have.

2 Peter 3:14

Final Words

14 ^zTherefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him ^aawithout spot or ^abblemish, and ^acat peace.

2 Peter 3:17-18

17 You therefore, beloved, ^adknowing this beforehand, ^aetake care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. 18 But ^afgrow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ^agTo him be the glory both now and to the day of ^aheternity. Amen.